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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2016. Family engagement in state Title V MCH and CYSHCN programs: A compilation of survey results . Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; Palo Alto, CA: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, 11 pp.

Annotation: From late 2014 through early 2015, the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) conducted a nationwide survey about family engagement in Title V maternal and child health and special healthcare needs programs. This executive summary provides key findings from the survey, and is an overview of the other reports created using the same survey. It includes graphs and statistics about response rates from by region. Funding was provided by Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health; the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau also provided support for this project through cooperative agreement U01MC00001.

Keywords: Title V programs, State CSHCN programs, Surveys, Evaluation, Assessment, Data collection, Data analysis

[Onyilofor C]. 2016. Data in Action: Uses of data in maternal and child health to assess, achieve, and communicate. [Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs], 11 pp.

Annotation: This guide contains examples from states' health departments and nonprofits on the active use of data. Examples were selected to represent ways to collect, communicate, and use data to achieve desired outcomes and influence policy. The four main sections discuss: data collection, data analysis, data communication, and data-informed policy. The guide also contains abstracts of example programs from all around the country, with links to the full reports covering topics such as infant mortality, PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) and families with children with special healthcare needs.

Keywords: Title V programs, State CSHCN programs, Surveys, Evaluation, Assessment, Data collection, Data analysis, Epidemiology, Texas, Wisconsin, Alaska, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Nebraska, Delaware, Florida
   

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