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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . 2021. Efforts to improve the quality of health care for children and adults enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 2017-2019 report to Congress. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , 129 pp.

Annotation: This report to Congress describes (1) the efforts undertaken by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) between 2017 and 2019 to advance access and quality of care for children and adults enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (2) the status of state reporting of the Child and Adult Core Set of healthcare quality measures; and (3) recommendations for legislative changes needed to improve the quality of care in Medicaid and CHIP.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adults, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Data, Enrollment, Federal legislation , Measures, Medicaid, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Recommendations

Arkin E, Braverman P, Egerter S, Williams D. 2014. Time to act: Investing in the health of our children and communities. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, 116 pp.

Annotation: This report expands on the recommendations released by the Robert Wood Johnson Commission to Build a Healthier America in 2009 to help ensure that all children have high-quality early developmental support in child care, education, and other services. Included in the new report, updated when the Commission reconvened four years later, are recommendations that the country create stronger quality standards for early childhood development programs, link funding to program quality, and guarantee access by funding enrollment for all low-income children under age five in programs meeting these standards by 2025. The report also recommends that the country invest more of its resources in evaluation research and innovation and that more assistance be provided to parents who struggle to provide healthy, nurturing experiences for their children. Statistics are presented as graphs to help illustrate the socioeconomic, geographic, and racial/ethnic health disparities that exist in the United States.

Keywords: , Child health, Commissions, Communities, Health status disparities, Initiatives, Recommendations, Reports

Gabor V, Mantinan K, Rudolph K, Morgan R, Longjohn M. 2010. Challenges and opportunities related to implementation of child care nutrition and physical activity policies in Delaware: Findings from focus groups with child care providers and parents. Washington, DC: Altarum Institute, 59 pp.

Annotation: This report contains the findings and recommendations offered following the conclusion of a focus group study with child care center directors, child care home providers, and parents of children in child care centers across the state of Delaware. The purposes of the study, conducted in partnership with Nemours Health and Prevention Services and Delaware's Office of Child care Licensing and Child and Adult Care Food Program, were (1) to learn how child care providers and parents are responding to Delaware’s comprehensive nutrition and physical activity standards for child care facilities and (2) to understand what child care providers need to do to achieve compliance with nutrition and physical activity standards and to develop a set of recommendations to address these needs. Included in the report are a list of the questions presented to focus group participants; a summary of the focus group study findings; and recommendations related to the state guidelines and their implementation by child care providers.

Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care workers, Delaware, Focus groups, Guideline adherence, Licensing, Program improvement, Recommendations, Standards, State programs, Studies
   

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