Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The Child Fatality Review Committee (CFRC) was created by Executive Order in 1991 to reduce preventable child fatalities through systemic multidisciplinary review of child fatalities in New Hampshire; through multidisciplinary training and community based prevention education; and through data-driven recommendations for legislation and public policy. The Committee membership is comprised of representation from the medical, law enforcement, judicial, legal, victim services, public health, mental health, child protection and education communities. The Committee began reviewing cases of child fatalities in 1996 to identify risk factors related to deaths and make recommendations aimed at improving systematic responses in an effort to prevent similar deaths in the future. The Committee provides the recommendations to the participating agencies and asks them to take actions consistent with their own mandates. The Committee publishes the recommendation and the agency responses to those recommendations in an Annual Report.

Keywords: Cause of death, Child death review, Child mortality, Infant death review committees, New Hampshire, State agencies

Annotation: The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM) was formed in 1991 to advise the Secretary on Department of Health and Human Services’ programs that are directed at reducing infant mortality and improving the health status of pregnant women and infants. The Committee represents a public and private partnership at the highest level to provide guidance and to focus attention on the policies and resources required to address the reduction of infant mortality. The Committee provides advice on how best to coordinate the variety of federal, state, local and private programs and efforts that are designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting on infant mortality. SACIM advises the Secretary and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration on Department programs, including implementation of the Healthy Start Initiative and relevant objectives from Healthy People 2020: Keeping the Nation Healthy.

Keywords: Advisory committees, Federal initiatives, Infant mortality, Prevention programs

Keywords: Congressional committees, Congressional hearings, Federal government, Federal legislation, Government information, Information sources, Internet

Annotation: The U.S. Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, also called the Secretary's Advisory Committee -- which was established in 2003 to review screening practices for genetic diseases -- considers the most appropriate application of universal newborn screening tests technologies, and guidelines, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on grants and projects to help states and local public health agencies improve screening counseling and health care services to newborns and children who have or are at risk for heritable disorders. The committee is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration through its Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Keywords: Committees, Federal agencies, Genetic disorders, Genetic services, Screening

Annotation: The Education and Labor Committee's purpose is to ensure that Americans' needs are addressed so that students and workers may move forward in a changing school system and a competitive global economy. The committee and its five subcommittees oversee education and workforce programs that affect all Americans, from early learning through secondary education, from job training through retirement.

Keywords: Congressional committees, Education, Federal government, Work force

Annotation: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine and is composed of primary care providers. The USPSTF conducts scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services and develops recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems.

Keywords: Advisory committees, Disease prevention, Evidence based medicine, Public health, Research