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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2016. Winnable battles final report. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report describes public health priorities with large-scale impact on health, known effective strategies to address them, and progress towards meeting targeted goals. Contents include visual representations of progress and data trends, as well as summaries of federal contributions associated with each of the following topic areas: tobacco; nutrition, physical activity, and obesity; food safety; health care-associated infections; motor vehicle injuries; adolescent pregnancy; and HIV.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Food safety, Goals, HIV, Health, Infections, Motor vehicle safety, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention, Tobacco use, Treatments, Trends

Pringle BA, Colpe LJ, Blumberg SJ, Avila RM, Kogan MD. 2012. Diagnostic history and treatment of school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and special health care needs. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 7 pp. (NCHS data brief no. 97)

Annotation: This data brief provides information on diagnosis and treatment of school-age children and adolescents (ages 6-16) with special health care needs (CSHCN) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Topic include age of diagnosis, types of health professionals that identify CSHCN as having ASD, and health services and medications used by CSHCN with ASD.

Keywords: Prescription drugs, Adolescents with special health care needs, Autism, Children with special health care needs, Diagnosis, Health services, Statistical data, Treatments
   

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