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The
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) provides
leadership, partnership, and resources to advance the health
of all our Nation's mothers, infants, children and adolescents-including
families with low income levels, those with diverse racial
and ethnic heritages and those living in rural or isolated
areas without access to care. The Maternal and Child Health
Bureau administers four major programs which, in FY1999, have
a total budget of $870 million:
- The
Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (Title V),
FY' 99 budget-$700 million
- The
Healthy Start Initiative (Public Health Service Act), FY'99
budget-$105 million
- The
Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (Public
Health Service Act), FY'99 budget-$15 million
- The
Abstinence Education Program (Title V), FY'99 budget-$50
million
The
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics
agency. NCHS is a part of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as
information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy
influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability,
and the use of health care. These data are used by policymakers
in Congress and the Administration, by medical researchers,
and by others in the health community.
The
Institute for Child Health Policy, a state-wide
Institution of Florida's State University System, has headquarters
at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. Given the substantial
changes in both the financing and organization attendant to
the growth of managed health care, the Institute has focused
its attention on children in managed care with special a emphasis
on children with special health care needs. Issues of access,
utilization, cost, quality and family involvement are principal
areas of interest for the policy/program development, health
services research and evaluation programs.
The
National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse (NMCHC)
is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA), Maternal and Child Bureau (MCHB). National Maternal
and Child Health Clearinghouse Publications Catalog contains
a complete inventory of clearinghouse holdings, new titles,
and a searchable subject and title database. An integral part
of the Clearinghouse, the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS) Resource Center (NSRC) produces and disseminates educational
materials on SIDS to public health and emergency medical practitioners
and legal professionals, as well as to parents, families,
and the general public.
The
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
provides national leadership to the maternal and child health
community in three key areas--program development, policy
analysis and education, and state-of-the-art knowledge--to
improve the health and well-being of the nation's children
and families. Center partnerships bring together the diverse
perspectives and resources of public agencies, professional
organizations, voluntary and nonprofit organizations, foundations,
academic institutions, businesses, family organizations, and
others to advance maternal and child health. NCEMCH is funded
primarily through its cooperative agreement with the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau, DHHS.
The
Public Health Foundation (PHF) is a gateway to
information about the infrastructure of public health systems
that protect the public's health. The Public Health Infrastructure
Resource Center (PHIRC) provides those wanting to strengthen
public health systems with information on the three core areas
of infrastructure (as defined by the CDC), which are as follows:
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The public health workforce
- Information,
data, and communication systems
- Organizational
and systems capacity.
Because
PHF selected and annotated everything listed in PHIRC, you
can save time finding relevant information. Search by infrastructure
subject area (workforce capacity, information systems, and
systems capacity) or by resource type.
Resource
Types include:
- Facts
and Research: summaries of and links to publications, web
sites, organizations, and initiatives related to the three
core areas of infrastructure. Under this heading you will
find resources like...
- Making
the Case: presentations, evidence, and tools to help public
health leaders, policymakers, and others understand the
need for increased funding and attention to public health
infrastructure. Under this heading you will find resources
like...
- The
recent Institute of Medicine's report, Who
will Keep the Public
Healthy?, outlining recommendations and a framework
for strengthening public health education, research,
and practice. Click on the "Making the Case"
button and then the "Workforce Capacity" button
- Questions
to Ask: information on tools to assess your jurisdiction's
infrastructure.
To learn more about the types of questions that will help
you improve data, information, and communications in your
jurisdiction, click on the "Questions to Ask"
button, then "Information Systems" to find assessment
tools.
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Other sections include Learning Resources, What's New?,
and a special Bioterrorism Preparedness infrastructure section.
PHF plans to enhance the site in future and welcomes your
comments and suggested additions at info@phf.org.
The
site is funded by the Public Health Foundation and the Public
Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
CityMatCH
is a free-standing national membership organization of city
and county health departments' maternal and child health (MCH)
programs and leaders representing urban communities in the
United States. The mission of CityMatCH is to enhance the
ability of maternal and child health programs at the local
level to improve the health and well-being of children and
families in urban areas. CityMatCH serves as a national resource
center for data, policy, and capacity building on urban maternal
and child health.
The
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
represents state public health leaders and others working
to improve the health of women of reproductive age, children
and youth, including those with special health care needs,
and their families. We are a national nonprofit organization
that actively promotes and advances national and state program
and policies, and advocates Congress and other policy makers
for maternal and child health needs and programs. AMCHP serves
as a source of ideas and in-depth knowledge in key public
health areas including reproductive health, adolescent and
school health, teen pregnancy prevention, HIV, tobacco control
and smoking cessation , immunization, children with special
health care needs, perinatal and women's health data and assessment,
and service, delivery and financing systems.
The
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) publishes
Pediatrics, its monthly scientific journal; Pediatrics in
Review, its continuing education journal; and its membership
newspaper AAP News. It also publishes manuals on such topics
as infectious diseases and school health. In its public education
efforts, the AAP produces patient education brochures, Healthy
Kids magazine and a series of child care books written by
AAP members. There are also many topic-specific books available:
Guide to Your Child's Symptoms, Guide to Your Child's Nutrition,
and Guide to Your Child's Sleep. Each year the AAP designates
October as Child Health Month to emphasize the importance
of preventive health care and other child health issues.
The
Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research
organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1968. The
Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's
problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions
and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness
about important public choices.
Leaving
politics to others, the Urban Institute brings three critical
ingredients to public debates on domestic policy initiatives:
accurate data, careful and objective analyses, and perspective.
Our staff also evaluates government programs—practical
work that grounds policy research in the experiences of the
people who create, run, and use these programs. Much of our
research spans several disciplines and blends quantitative
and qualitative approaches to problem-solving. We are involved
in research projects with partners in more than 45 states
and 20 countries.
The
Healthcare Collaborator is a monthly online newsletter
entirely devoted to health care communications and relationship-building.
The Healthcare Collaborator regards communications as the
focal point, not a side issue. It's specifically designed
for health care professionals. It explores a broad range of
topics from negotiation strategies to intercultural communication.
Because we're focusing on interprofessional communication,
we devote 10 issues each year to a selected theme on communicating
with your colleagues. The other two issues will emphasize
patient communications -- a subject that's covered in many
other publications, but which we'll address from The Healthcare
Collaborator's perspective.
The
Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center
is a health policy group with three collaborating
organizations based in Washington, D.C. and in California.
The senior partners of the group are Harriette Fox of Fox
Health Policy Consultants; Margaret McManus of McManus Health
Policy; and Paul Newacheck of the University of California
at San Francisco.Ms. Fox and Ms. McManus are based in our
Washington, D.C. office, and Dr. Newacheck is based in San
Francisco. Each of the co-directors has a unique area of expertise
but collaborates to accomplish a variety of child health studies.Projects
conducted by the MCH Policy Research Center address the financing,
delivery, and quality of health services to children. Through
the analysis of existing large national databases and our
own surveys as well as public and private health care policies,
we are able to provide new information on a variety of issues
of national, state, and local significance.
The UAB Department of Maternal and Child Health
focuses on promoting and enhancing the health of children,
their families and communities, with the goal of improving
the overall health status of this and future generations.
Emphasizing the practice-based application of prevention-oriented
public health principles, the curriculum prepares students
to undertake application-directed research, to plan, implement
and administer programs, and to develop and guide policies
to assure the health of children and families throughout the
life-cycle.
A
multi-disciplinary approach is used in teaching, research,
and community service activities that target the practice-based
development of analytical, administrative, advocacy/policy
and leadership skills needed in preparation for present and
emerging roles at community, state and national levels in
government, academic and private sectors.
The
UAB School of Public Health is a community of
outstanding scholars and professionals recognized for improving
the health of the citizens of Alabama and the world. We represent
a dynamic enterprise of disciplines, perspectives, professions,
backgrounds, and interests. Our diversity is a strength. Today's
health care challenges are complex. They involve diseases
that we must understand from the cellular level and address
at the community level. They involve interventions that we
must develop and implement for individuals with full awareness
of the implications for public policy.
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