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Keywords: Lao PDR, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Child health, China, Collaboration, Egypt, Ethiopia, Factors, International health, Nepal, Peru, Prevention programs, Progress reports, Research, Rwanda, Service coordination, Vietnam, Women's health

Annotation: This report provides a retrospective look at the National Center for Medical Home Implementation from 2008 to 2012, highlighting some of the center's activities and accomplishments. The report is organized into sections around the center's primary goals, which include building national partnerships, creating tools, fostering community and state collaborations, and integrating the medical home within the American Academy of Pediatrics' community of pediatricians. The report also describes the center's efforts to spread the concept of medical home at the local, state, and national levels. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Collaboration, Information dissemination, Medical home, Pediatricians, Progress reports, Public private partnerships, Service integration

Annotation: This report examines the success of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) three years after it was signed into law. It discusses the effectiveness of CHIPRA in the states and describes how states have each benefited from one or more of the law’s opportunities to advance coverage for children. Included is a description of how CHPRA lightened the paperwork load for families and states, supported and rewarded enrollment state efforts, and otherwise encouraged states to extend their access to families. Figures show the number of states taking advantage of CHPRA tools and incentives and how the uninsured rate of children has declined over the past three years even has child poverty rates have increased.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children's Health Insurance Program, Evaluation, Program improvement, Progress reports, State programs

Annotation: This report addresses how evolving health information technology and health information enterprise capacity and the emerging quality measurement framework for children's health can promote better quality measurement and reporting for EPSDT services. Contents include key findings and recommendations for EPSDT quality oversight and improvement in the District of Columbia.

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Keywords: District of Columbia, EPSDT, Health information technology, Legal responsibility, Medicaid, Program improvement, Progress reports, Quality assurance, State surveys, Well child care

Annotation: This report describes the objectives and activities of a statewide program to promote community water fluoridation to reduce oral disease in Michigan including the timeframes for each activity, the progress made to-date, and measures of performance. Topics include collaboration (interdepartmental agreement) between the state Department of Community Health and Department of Environmental Quality to increase community water fluoridation and fluoridation surveillance measures; activities of the Michigan Oral Health Coalitions' Fluoridation Advisory Committee; and program support (equipment grants) to help communities maintain community water fluoridation.

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Keywords: Fluorides, Interagency cooperation, Michigan, Oral health, Program descriptions, Progress reports, State programs, Water

Annotation: This annual report describes national progress in meeting specific prevention, health promotion, and public health goals defined in the National Prevention Strategy. The report illustrates how the National Prevention Council departments are working across the federal government to incorporate health in diverse sectors like housing, transportation, and education to advance the Strategy and influence the health of individuals, families, and communities. In addition, the report highlights how partners across the country are advancing the National Prevention Strategy in organizations ranging from health care systems to work force agencies and national foundations to local non-profits.

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Keywords: Annual reports, Goals, Health promotion, National initiatives, Prevention, Program coordination, Progress reports, Public health, Strategic plans

Annotation: This report summarizes an assessment of Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 21 -- Oral Health, convened by the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health on February 7, 2008. Topics include data trends, key challenges and strategies, activities and outcomes, and approaches for consideration. The report includes links to the November 2000 text for the oral health focus area, revisions to the focus area chapter that were made after the January 2005 midcourse review, the report on the first-round progress review (held on March 17, 2004), data used in the 2008 review and their definitions, and other materials used in the review. Contact information for the focus area's co-lead agencies is also provided.

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Keywords: Barriers, Conferences, Data analysis, Health objectives, Healthy People 2010, Oral health, Outcome and process assessment, Progress reports, Trends

Annotation: This report describes the second year of the project to assist providers-in-training and managed care providers-in-practice to (1) increase awareness of the needs and resources of genetic consumers, (2) improve provider access to quality, consumer-oriented support group practices to support, supplement, and enhance services, and (3) develop replicable education models for dissemination and expansion of program activities. Contents include the program abstract outlining the problem to be addressed, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, and experience to date; a copy of the application for assistance; the report including application budget information assurance and checklist, attachments, and the narrative report. Appendices include a brochure, interview questions, a sample checklist, a focus group topic guide, a sample provider survey, a proposal, and an evaluation plan used in the program. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Genetic services, Genetics education, Health care delivery, Managed care, Professional education, Program descriptions, Progress reports

Annotation: This report is an update to the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) 5-year plan. The accomplishments of the first two years of the plan are discussed and baseline data for all objectives are reported. An introduction and background review are provided, followed by the EMSC plan objectives, and a discussion of EMSC-related activities within the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and other federal programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Emergency medical services for children, Federal programs, Planning, Progress reports

Annotation: This progress report provides information about the National Consortium to Advance Education and Public Policy Development in Maternal and Child Health during the period September 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997. The report is divided into the following main sections: (1) introduction, (2) adminstration and organization, (3) progress report for year 1, and (4) project plan for year 2. The report included five appendices: (1) biographical sketches of new faculty, (2) information services and requests, (3) continuing education seminars and conferences, (4) publications and products, and (5) enclosures.

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Keywords: Education, MCH programs, Progress reports, Public policy

Annotation: This report contains information on the progress made toward reaching the national health objectives contained in Healthy People 2000. It highlights those goals; it reports on progress towards them by topical priorities, and it includes information on consortium activities. Appendices provide the 1995 summary list of objectives, 1995 revisions, a history of the development of the objectives and the process used to revise them, and lists of the contributors and consortium members.

Keywords: Health promotion, Healthy People 2000, Progress reports

Annotation: This report, in response to the World Summit for Children in 1990, describes the programs that the United States implements to aid children and families domestically and internationally. It covers an extremely broad scope including maternal health, nutrition, education, and many others. Each topic includes: 1) a statement of what the World Summit Plan urges, 2) U.S. objectives for the year 2000, 3) progress made in the United States, 4) current needs and nature of the problem, 5) federal action—programs, and 6) federal action—research. The international section looks at the international challenges and U.S. domestic resources for international cooperation. An appendix provides a bibliography.

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Keywords: Child advocacy, Child health programs, Child health promotion, Child health services, Family health, Family support, Family support programs, Healthy People 2000, Program descriptions, Progress reports

Annotation: This report provides an evaluation of the State of California's Adolescent Family Life Program. The report evaluates the health, education, public assistance, and repeat pregnancy outcomes of over 7, 000 clients in a 27 site program during a three year period from 1986 through 1988. The report includes the following: 1) a description of the program and evaluation design, 2) sociodemographic profiles, 3) psychosocial risk profiles, 4) an analysis of client outcomes and service tracking, 5) case management models, and 6) a series of recommendations. It is designed for policy makers, program planners, project directors, and evaluators interested in adolescent pregnancy and parenting.

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Keywords: Adolescent parents, Adolescent pregnancy, California, Case management, Community health services, Community programs, Data analysis, Demographics, Evaluation, Family life education, Outcome and process assessment, Outcome evaluation, Program evaluation, Progress reports, Statistics

Keywords: Child health, Child protective services, Child welfare, Progress reports

Keywords: Child labor, Child protective services, Child welfare, Progress reports, Recreation