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Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Person-to-Person Interventions Outside the Clinical Setting". Find other NPM 7 caregiver-level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 3: Measuring quantity of effect (# of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Enabling services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 5. Create/champion/implement policy

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Increase the percentage of sites trained and operating mobile fitting and car seat inspection stations to ensure car seats are properly installed.

Numerator: # of new sites operating mobile fitting and car seat inspection stations in current year

Denominator: N/A; count

Significance: Based on strong evidence of effectiveness, the Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends car seat laws and car seat distribution plus education programs to increase restraint use and decrease injuries and deaths to child. Injury is the leading cause of child mortality. For those who suffer non-fatal severe injuries, many will become children with special health care needs. Effective interventions to reduce injury exist but are not fully implemented in systems of care that serve children and their families. Reducing the burden of nonfatal injury can greatly improve the life course trajectory of infants, children, and adolescents resulting in improved quality of life and cost savings.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Reports from Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and Automotive Safety Program in Indiana.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: No similar strategy found in the established evidence for this NPM. See similar ESMs for this NPM or search for other strategies or promising practices.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 3. Inform and educate the public

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: To reduce preventable child injuries and deaths by developing viable primary prevention recommendations.

Numerator: Preventable child deaths due to injury reviewed by the MCDR with at least one prevention recommendation that is specific and actionable and targets systems above the individual level.

Denominator: Preventable deaths due to injury reviewed by the MCDR.

Significance: The Maternal Child Death Review Program (MCDR) is an evidence-based program partially funded by Title V which exists to prevent future deaths through a multidisciplinary expert review of all child deaths. The impact of the program is greatly improved when it produces public health recommendations that include a specific action (“what”), responsible party (“who”) and a timeframe for carrying out the action (“when”). The program has been working to move away from vague recommendation language that loosely targets individuals or communities (i.e. “Increase off-road vehicle safety education for children”), and to aim recommendations at specific levels of system intervention with clear action steps (i.e. “Healthcare providers should discuss off-road vehicle safety and helmet use with caregivers during well-child visits.”) The MCDR has also made recent improvements in its dissemination of recommendations, including publication of quarterly reports which include all recommendations generated in the preceding quarter. The value and usefulness of these publications will be greatly enhanced by actionable recommendations as described in this strategy measure.

Data Sources and Data Issues: MCDR Database.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Percentage, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Education During Home Visiting Programs". Find other NPM 7 caregiver-level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 2: Measuring quality of effort (% of reach; satisfaction)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 5. Create/champion/implement policy

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: Increase parenting skills to help parents avoid maltreatment.

Numerator: Number of families served in home visiting programs who have substantiated reports of maltreatment

Denominator: Number of families served in home visiting programs

Significance: Child maltreatment has lifelong effects (ACEs) on health and well-being. It also increases emergency department visits.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Evaluation data from the ADH Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Percentage, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "School-based Interventions". Find other NPM 7 school-level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

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Essential Public Health Services: 4. Support and mobilize partners

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: To have at least one injury prevention resource in each issue of the Friday Beat, to educate teachers, school administrators, and other interested individuals on injury prevention topics.

Numerator: Number of School Health Friday Beat bi-weekly newsletter issues per year that include at least one injury prevention resource.

Denominator: Count

Significance:

Data Sources and Data Issues: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death and disability among children and adolescents, both in Texas and the United States as a whole. School is one environment in which children spend a significant portion of their day, so this environment could definitely have an impact on injury risk. Both fatal and nonfatal childhood injuries are very costly; in addition to the burden of death and disability, childhood injuries can result in substantial economic costs, including medical costs for the child and lost work days for caregivers. In order to impact the number of injury-related hospital admissions per population ages birth to 19 years, teachers, school administrators, nurses, and other interested individuals need to increase their knowledge of the potential risks impacting this population at school, in the community, and at home, and be provided strategies to reduce the risk. This measure will ensure that injury prevention resources are included in each issue of the School Health Friday Beat newsletter.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: 100, Unit Number: Source: DSHS School Health MCHS is working with School Health to try to ensure that every issue of the Friday Beat newsletter includes at least one injury prevention resource. Approximately 25 newsletter issues will be written/distributed each year (issues are published every other week). The Friday Beat newsletter goes out each week to over 2,500 followers through their distribution list. School Health will provide MCHS with the numbers and topics of the injury prevention resources they include in their bi-weekly Friday Beat issues.

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is population-based (measures access to/receipt of care), thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 9. Conduct evaluation, research and CQI

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Implement recommendations that are provided from the Child Death Review Team on child health deaths in order to inform child programming

Numerator: The number of recommendations implemented

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Significance: Data from Child Death Review can inform providers and systems of care on the need for targeted interventions to reduce the rate of child death

Data Sources and Data Issues: Data will come from child program areas that review and implement recommendations.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 10

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Expert Opinion. Aligns with Partnerships to Scale Evidence-based Programs and Practices. Find other NPM 7 provider-level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Enabling services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 3. Inform and educate the public

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Reduce non-fatal injury related hospitalizations for children ages 0 through 9 and adolescents ages 10 through 19.

Numerator: Number of maternity centers disseminated Virginia's injury prevention curriculum.

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Significance: This ESM was identified through the Title V needs assessment, Virginia's Well-being Plan, and Healthy People 2020 (IVP 1.2). Research from a variety of external sources indicates that the impact of childhood injuries can be reduced with effective primary prevention strategies.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Family Health Services, Division of Prevention and Health Promotion; Injury and Violence Prevention Program, piloting evaluation tool in REDCap to track information from maternity centers

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Partnerships to Scale Evidence-based Programs and Practices". Find other NPM 7 State/National level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Direct services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 7. Assure effective and equitable health systems

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: By 2025, the local county health departments will have completed 20 activities on injury prevention.

Numerator: Number of injury prevention activities at the local county health departments for children 0-9 years

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Significance: ADHS provides funding to county health departments to implement programs that address our state priority needs and selected National Performance Measures (NPMs). This ESM is meant to capture all activities that the local county health departments are working on to impact the NPM.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Healthy Arizona Families IGA

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Education During Home Visiting Programs". Find other NPM 7 Patients/Consumers/Caregivers level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Enabling services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 7. Assure effective and equitable health systems

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Increase the number of households receiving injury prevention education during home visiting sessions

Numerator: Number of households enrolled in home visiting during the reporting period

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Significance: Evidence-based home visiting programs, such as those supported through the federal MIECHV program and implemented by the Bureau of Family Health, have been linked to improvements in a variety of indicators of child and family health, including those related to child injury and violence. Louisiana MIECHV does not currently collect data on the specific education activities and facilitators utilized during home visits, however all clients receive some education related to child injury prevention. This ESM measures progress in relation to increasing enrollment in evidence-based home visiting programs, and therefore increasing the reach of families benefiting from injury prevention interventions.

Data Sources and Data Issues: MIECHV Annual Performance Report

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 10000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: No similar strategy found in the established evidence for this NPM. See similar ESMs for this NPM or search for other strategies or promising practices.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 4. Support and mobilize partners

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: Decrease by 5% the rate of emergency room visits among children ages 0-19 years by September 30, 2025.

Numerator: Count

Denominator: 50000

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Data Sources and Data Issues:

Year: 2021

Unit Type: KY MCH Packages REDCap data system, KY CFR and Injury Prevention Program, TRAIN, Unit Number: Providing education and outreach on all causes for preventable child injury will raise awareness of prevention activities to reduce the overall rate of preventable child injuries resulting in hospitalization or emergency room visits.

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is based on state data and measures access to/receipt of care, thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 2. Investigate and address health problems

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: To prevent deaths due to injury among children ages 0 - 9

Numerator: Number of deaths due to injury among children 0 - 9 years of age

Denominator: Per 100,000 population of children ages 0 - 9

Significance: Unintentional injuries are largely preventable, and yet unintentional injury is the leading cause of death, hospitalizations and emergency department visits for infants, children and adolescents. In Oregon, unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for children and youth over age 1. This measure is intended to complement the National Performance Measure for injury hospitalizations.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Vital statistics and census

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Rate, Unit Number: 100000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is based on state data and measures access to/receipt of care, thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 2. Investigate and address health problems

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: To prevent transportation injury deaths among children ages 0 - 9

Numerator: Number of deaths due to transportation injury among children 0 - 9 years of age

Denominator: Per 100,000 population of children ages 0 - 9

Significance: Motor vehicle/transportation is the leading cause of injury death for children 1-19 years old, and the 3rd leading cause of hospitalization for children 1-9 years old. Transportation related injuries and deaths are preventable through policy changes, education and safer environments.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Vital statistics and census

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Rate, Unit Number: 100000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: No similar strategy found in the established evidence for this NPM. See similar ESMs for this NPM or search for other strategies or promising practices.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 2: Measuring quality of effort (% of reach; satisfaction)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 2. Investigate and address health problems

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Increase the percentage of child death reviews completed by the CFR teams.

Numerator: Number of child deaths reviewed by CFR teams per calendar year

Denominator: Total number of child deaths in Indiana per calendar year

Significance: Historically, the monitoring of mortality and morbidity trends has been conducted through vital statistics. These rate data are essential for establishing incidence information, bud do not contain the necessary risk factors required for truly understanding effective prevention efforts. Further, these data may be delayed as much as two years, preventing immediate response to health challenges. Comprehensive death scene investigation and data collection conducted by child fatality review teams can offer real-time, well-informed, evidence-based, and customized recommendations for more effective prevention. Increasing the capacity and outputs of Indiana child fatality review teams will allow for the development of more targeted injury prevention recommendations and programming.

Data Sources and Data Issues: National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention Case Reporting System and ISDH Vital Records.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Percentage, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: No similar strategy found in the established evidence for this NPM. See similar ESMs for this NPM or search for other strategies or promising practices.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

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Essential Public Health Services: 8. Build and support a workforce

Service Recipient: Activities directed to professionals

Goal: Provide trainings to individuals on injury prevention best practices and intervention methods to best inform future injury prevention strategies.

Numerator: Number of individuals trained in injury prevention best practices and intervention methods in the MEDCARES grant.

Denominator: Count

Significance:

Data Sources and Data Issues: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death and disability among children, both in Texas and the United States as a whole. Many aspects of the environment in which children live (physical, social, cultural, economic, etc.) have impacts on injury risk. Both fatal and nonfatal childhood injuries are very costly; in addition to the burden of death and disability, childhood injuries can result in substantial economic costs, including medical costs for the child and lost work days for caregivers. In order to impact the number of injury-related hospital admissions per population ages birth to 9 years, those who work with children at risk need to increase their knowledge of the potential risks impacting this population. MEDCARES providers will lead trainings to educate them on injury prevention best practices and intervention methods to best inform future injury prevention strategies and interventions.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: 20000, Unit Number: Data Source: Medical Child Abuse Resources and Education System (MEDCARES) MEDCARES is a grant program that improves services related to the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect in hospital or academic health care settings through funding, collaboration, and outcome reporting, in addition to providing direct services. Data Issues: MEDCARES is a legislatively mandated program and activities are contingent on legislation and being appropriated funds. This number is also could be duplicated due to the same individual attending multiple trainings. Covid-19 may impact the number of trainings conducted over the next two years.

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Oversight and Regulation of Innovative Programs". Find other NPM 7 state-level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Direct services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 7. Assure effective and equitable health systems

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: Reduce non-fatal injury related hospitalizations for children ages 0 through 9 and adolescents ages 10 through 19.

Numerator: Number of child safety seats disseminated through the LISSDEP network

Denominator: Count

Significance:

Data Sources and Data Issues: This ESM was identified through the Title V needs assessment, Virginia's Well-being Plan, and Healthy People 2020 (IVP 1.2). Research from a variety of external sources indicates that child restraint and restraint systems reduce injury and injury severity in children.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: 100000, Unit Number: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Family Health Services, Division of Prevention and Health Promotion (DPHP); the DPHP tracks the inventory disseminated

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Oversight and Regulation of Innovative Programs". Find other NPM 7 State/National level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Enabling services level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 3. Inform and educate the public

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: By 2025, a total of 8,000 car seats and home safety kits will be provided to caregivers with training.

Numerator: The agregate number of care seats and home safety kits distributed to caregivers

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Significance: Incentive and education programs reward parents or children with coupons or other prizes for correctly using car seats. Programs offer print materials, videos, or other instructional aids for parents and caregivers. The strategy is effective for increasing car seat and booster seat use. They are recommended by The Guide to Community Preventive Services and/or have been demonstrated to be effective in reviews by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Safe Kids Coalition

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Count, Unit Number: 10000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: Moderate. Aligns with MCHbest strategy "Partnerships to Scale Evidence-based Programs and Practices". Find other NPM 7 State/National level strategies in MCHbest.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 2: Measuring quality of effort (% of reach; satisfaction)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 8. Build and support a workforce

Service Recipient: Activities related to systems-building

Goal: By 2025, 100% of local county health departments will have at least one staff member trained in safe car seat installation and use.

Numerator: Number of local county health departments that have at least one staff member trained

Denominator: Total number of local county health departments

Significance: Car seat distribution programs provide parents with car seats (i.e., infant, convertible, and booster seats) free of charge, via loan, or low cost rental These programs often include efforts to teach parents how to correctly install and use car seats. Programs are generally targeted to low income parents of infants and young children and can be implemented through hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, community organizations, and home visitation. There is strong evidence that car seat distribution and education programs increase car seat use and correct use of car seats. Car seat distribution programs are effective for rural, urban, and suburban populations and for low and high-income populations. Such programs also appear to increase car seat use in tribal communities.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Healthy Arizona Families Integrated IGA

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Percentage, Unit Number: 100

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is based on state data and measures access to/receipt of care, thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 2. Investigate and address health problems

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: To prevent drowning deaths among children 0 - 9 years of age

Numerator: Number of drowning deaths among children 0 - 9 years of age

Denominator: Per 100,000 population of children ages 0 - 9

Significance: Drowning is the second leading cause of death for children birth to 9, and a leading cause of death for children 10-19 years of age. Drowning is preventable through policy changes, education and safer environments.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Vital statistics

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Rate, Unit Number: 100000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is based on state data and measures access to/receipt of care, thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 2. Investigate and address health problems

Service Recipient: Activities directed to families/children/youth

Goal: To prevent poisoning injuries among children 0 - 9 years of age

Numerator: Number of hospitalizations due to poisoning among children 0 - 9 years of age

Denominator: Per 100,000 population of children ages 0 - 9

Significance: Poisoning is the leading cause of injury hospitalization for all ages, 0-19, and the 6th cause of death for children 1-4 years old. Poisoning is preventable through policy changes, education and safer environments.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Hospitalization Data and Census Data

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Rate, Unit Number: 100000

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: No similar strategy found in the established evidence for this NPM. See similar ESMs for this NPM or search for other strategies or promising practices.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 1: Measuring quantity of effort (counts and "yes/no" activities)

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 8. Build and support a workforce

Service Recipient: Activities directed to professionals

Goal: Annually increase the number of ConcussionWise trainings provided by the Safety in Youth Sports program to athletic personnel

Numerator: The number of ConcussionWise trainings provided to athletic personnel

Denominator: Count

Significance:

Data Sources and Data Issues: Evidence shows that repeated head injuries or experiencing multiple head injuries during a short period of time can lead to much more serious injury. It is essential that youth athletes are immediately removed from play in the event of a suspected concussion, that an appropriate medical professional evaluate the potential injury, and that evidence-based return to play protocol is followed to ensure the health and safety of youth athletes. To accomplish this, athletic personnel must receive effective, evidence-based training as they are responsible for decisions involving removal from play and following return to play protocol. Athletic personnel who take the ConcussionWise training will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to identify a potential head injury, appropriately remove athletes from play, and follow effective return to play protocol.

Year: 2021

Unit Type: 100, Unit Number: Data will be collected through quarterly reports from the vendor/grantee.

Measure Status: Active

Evidence Level: This ESM is based on state data and measures access to/receipt of care, thus doesn’t align with a specific evidence-based strategy. Consider developing an ESM for one of the specific strategies in your state action plan to measure performance. Check MCHbest for examples to connect to the evidence.

Measurement Quadrant: Quadrant 4: Measuring quality of effect (% of "is anyone better off")

Service Type: Systems level of pyramid

Essential Public Health Services: 8. Build and support a workforce

Service Recipient: Activities directed to professionals

Goal: To provide technical assistance to local grantees in the prevention of child injury.

Numerator: Number of local grantees that report improvements following state technical assistance

Denominator: Number of local grantees that selected child injury prevention as a priority

Significance: A crucial component of state level efforts to prevent child injury is to support local grantees, by providing technical assistance and resources.

Data Sources and Data Issues: Local grantee reports

Year: 2021

Unit Type: Percentage, Unit Number: 100