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Displaying records 21 through 40 (401 total).

American Academy of Pediatrics and National Academy for State Health Policy. 2014. State CHIP fact sheets. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 102 pp.

Annotation: These fact sheets provide information on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for each state. Contents include data on enrollment and participation rates, the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) eligibility levels, benefits offered and cost sharing requirements, as well as information about enrollment and renewal simplifications, and quality measures and other general program characteristics.

Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Costs, Data, Eligibility, Enrollment, Measures, Participation, Program descriptions, Quality assurance, State programs

American Dental Association. 2014. Action for Dental Health: Year one–2014: A report to Congress. [Chicago, IL]: American Dental Association, 19 pp.

Annotation: This report describes progress toward meeting the goals of the American Dental Association's Action for Dental Health, an initiative to remove barriers to good oral health in communities. Programmatic descriptions include providing care to people with untreated oral disease, strengthening and expanding the public/private safety net, and bringing disease prevention and education into communities.

Keywords: National initiatives, Barriers, Collaboration, Community based services, Dental societies, Disease prevention, Health care delivery, Interdisciplinary approach, Oral health, Program descriptions, Progress reports, Public health education

Kilburn MR, ed. 2014. Programs that work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 534 pp. (RAND tool)

Annotation: This document contains summaries of effective programs and practices for improving child, youth, and family outcomes. Contents include primary evidence criteria; lists of programs by age of child and by type of setting, service, and outcome addressed; and descriptions of programs reviewed for the period 2000 to 2014. Each description includes information on outcome areas, indicators, topic areas, and evidence level (proven or promising); program participants; evaluation methods and key findings; probable implementers and implementation detail; funding; issues to consider; example sites; contact information; resources; and a bibliography.

Keywords: Children, Families, Model programs, Outcome and process assessment, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, Youth

American Academy of Pediatrics. 2014. Friends of Children Healthy People 2020 Grant Program for Chapters: Adolescent health summaries–Goals, outcomes, and future plans. [Elk Grove Village, IL]: American Academy of Pediatrics, 27 pp.

Annotation: This compendium of program summaries describes the approaches of American Academy of Pediatrics' state chapters to promote adolescent health in California, Maine, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Topics include a partnership to eliminate bias and increase safety for sexual minority youth; an adolescent medicine learning collaborative; a public private partnership to connect youth transitioning out of foster care to an adolescent/young adult-friendly medical home; a project to provide comprehensive adolescent health screening; and medical-legal partnerships to foster healthy transitions. Each summary includes information about program collaboration, evaluation and measurement, outcomes, barriers and lessons learned, and future plans.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Barriers, Collaboration, Community action, Foster care, Healthy People 2020, Medical home, Model programs, Program descriptions, Public private partnerships, Screening, Transitions

Society for Public Health Education. [2013]. Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT®). Washington, DC: Society for Public Health Education,

Annotation: These resources are designed to assist health professionals in help pregnant women quit smoking. Program components include a guide that outlines a self-evaluation process to help build women's smoking cessation success over a seven-day period, a DVD that provides testimonials from pregnant smokers and demonstrates behavioral skills to quit smoking, comprehensive counseling to help pregnant smokers quit or significantly reduce smoking during pregnancy, and counseling and encouragement to establish a non-smoking home. The website also provides information about a one-day workshop designed to train health professionals to promote, implement, and evaluate SCRIPT® as part of routine prenatal care.

Keywords: Health education, Model programs, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Program descriptions, Smoking cessation, Smoking during pregnancy, Training

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Oral Health Program. 2013–. The Missouri Oral Health Preventive Services Program (PSP). [Jefferson City, MO]: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Oral Health Program, multiple items.

Annotation: These resources for health professionals and community volunteers describe a systems approach to population-based oral disease prevention in MIssouri. Contents include a brochure, a report, and two videos (5- and 17-minutes) on community-based services to reduce tooth decay in children. Topics include program components and steps to community implementation. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children, Community based services, Fluorides, Missouri, Oral health, Prevention services, Program descriptions, Referrals, Screening, State programs, Training

Cohen J, Oser C, Quigly K, Stark DR. 2013. Nurturing change: State strategies for improving infant and early childhood mental health. Washington, DC: Zero to Three, 24 pp.

Annotation: This policy brief outlines selected promising strategies states have employed to address infant and early childhood mental health (I-ECMH) access, delivery, financing, evidence base, and systems-level issues across the promotion, prevention, and treatment continuum. Actionable models and policy strategies, as well as strategic questions to consider in planning for I-ECMH are provided. The strategies are from California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Keywords: Case studies, Infants, Mental health, Program descriptions, State initiatives, Young children

Baker S, Rich L, Wojnarowski M, Meehan P. 2013. Implementing successful school-based health centers: Lessons from the Chicago Elev8 Initiative. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 8 pp. (Chapin Hall discussion paper)

Annotation: This brief highlights strategies that can improve the working relationship between school-based health centers (SBHC), schools, and communities to strengthen their ability to meet challenges to sustainability and success. Topics include different, changing, and competing priorities and practices; aligning incentives; a review of the Elev8 Initiative in Chicago; Elev8 centers and health activities; successful structures and strategies used to support collaboration, and an overview of challenges.

Keywords: Case studies, Child health programs, Collaboration, Program descriptions, School age children, School based clinics, School health services

Salinsky E, Doctors JV, ed. 2013. Massachusetts: Developing capacity for data-driven home visiting programs in Massachusetts. Philadelphia, PA: Pew Charitable Trusts, 18 pp. (State home visiting promising practices brief series, no. 2)

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program. 2013. Using the FIMR process for improving birth and life course outcomes. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 1 video (60 min.).

Annotation: This one-hour webinar discusses the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program as well as the Baltimore City FIMR program called B'more for Healthy Babies. Topics include data trends from Baltimore, Maryland, on fetal and infant mortality; efforts undertaken to reduce the number of deaths in the state; studies on program elements to raise awareness of behaviorally modifiable actions in premature or low birthweight deliveries, sleep related infant deaths, and substance use by pregnant women or new parents; creating and maintaining partnerships in communities and neighborhoods, as well as identifying stress and mental health issues in women during preconception, pregnancy, or postpartum periods. The addition of life course theory elements into the FIMR program and outcomes is also discussed.

Keywords: Case studies, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Life course, Maryland, Program descriptions, State programs

National Healthy Start Association. (2012). Saving our nation's babies: The impact of the federal Healthy Start Initiative (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Healthy Start Association, 59 pp.

Kelly JF et al. 2012-2020. Promoting First Relationships®. Seattle, WA: NCAST Programs, multiple items.

Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center. 2012. Helping to improve the care of ill and injured children: The Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center. Washington, DC: Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center, 2 pp.

Annotation: This brochure provides information about the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for Children National Resource Center (NRC). The brochure explains how NRC services complement those of the federal EMS for Children program and the National Emergency Medical Services for Children Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC). Topics include technical assistance, partnerships and collaboration, communications, meetings and awards, staff support, and the Family Advisory Network. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Emergency medical services for children, Program descriptions, Resource centers

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin. 2012. Making Milwaukee smile: A report on efforts to improve the oral health of Milwaukee children 2011. Milwaukee, WI: Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, 32 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a 3-year project to reduce the number of children with urgent oral health needs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; increase participation in school-based oral health programs; and increase the role of primary care health professionals in addressing oral disease in the city. The project placed oral health care coordinators in schools and trained health professionals to perform oral health risk assessments, provide anticipatory guidance, and apply fluoride varnish. Report contents include a summary of the project’s development process, objectives, and evaluation methods; demographics and key findings; and project participants’ success stories.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents, Children, Community programs, Disease prevention, Oral health, Professional training, Program descriptions, School health programs, Service coordination, State programs, Wisconsin

Iowa Department of Public Health. 2012. Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant: State narrative for Iowa—Application for 2013, annual report for 2011. Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Public Health, 137 pp.

Annotation: This document provides information on the Title V Block Grant maternal and child health (MCH) services application for Iowa for 2013 and reports on program activities for 2011. Contents include the needs assessment for MCH services in Iowa; an overview of state capacity and organization to provide services; priorities, performance, and program activities; the budget outline; reporting forms; performance and outcome measure detail sheets; a glossary; and appendices and state supporting documents. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health services, Health services delivery, Iowa, MCH services, Maternal health services, Needs assessment, Program descriptions, State programs

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2012. Targeted MCH oral health service system project highlights. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 4 pp.

Annotation: This report features activities and products from 20 Targeted MCH Oral Health Service System projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau from 2008 to 2011 to foster statewide efforts to prevent oral diseases and to promote oral-health-program sustainability. Topics include increasing age 1 dental visits for children at greatest risk for oral disease, improving access to oral health services for children with special health care needs, and ensuring restorative treatment of active disease through dental sealant programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Dental sealants, Disease prevention, Federal MCH programs, Oral health, Program descriptions, Public health infrastructure, Statewide planning, Young children

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. 2012. Eliminating disparities in perinatal health technical assistance workshop. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 1 video (90 min.).

Annotation: This webinar, broadcast January 10, 2012, provides an orientation to the application process and a review of the Healthy Start program requirements, as well as the Healthy Start role in addressing disparities in perinatal health and reducing infant death rates. Additional topics include key measures and the Healthy Start logic model, core interventions, perinatal and postpartum depression, interconception care for women, evaluation and performance measures, and coordination with state Title V agencies.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Maternal health services, Perinatal health, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

Suellentrop K. 2011. What works 2011-2012: Curriculum-based programs that help prevent teen pregnancy. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 30 pp.

Annotation: This document provides a list of programs that have been evaluated and found to be successful in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual initiation, improving contraceptive use, and reducing adolescent pregnancy. For each program, the document lists selected program effects, contact information, and links to additional program and evaluation information. The document offers advice on how to choose a program, catalogs the characteristics of effective programs, and offers some words of caution about what an effective program actually can accomplish.

Keywords: Prevention programs, Resources for professionals, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent sexuality, Brochures, Intervention, Program descriptions

Pew Charitable Trusts. 2011. Pew inventory of state home visiting programs. Philadelphia, PA: Pew Charitable Trusts,

Salinsky E. 2011. Home, but not alone: Evidence-based maternal, infant, and early childhood home visitation. Washington, DC: National Health Policy Forum, 17 pp. (Issue brief no. 843)
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