Children's Health Links
National Organizations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov/child/
Description: AHRQ (formerly known as the Agency for HealthCare Policy and Research) research provides evidence-based information onhealth care outcomes; quality; and cost, use and access. Information fromAHRQ's research helps people make informed decisions and improve the quality ofhealth care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health CarePolicy and Research.
Information Available: Children's health highlights, tools for improvingquality in child and adolescent health, conferences and workshops, news,research projects by topic, SCHIP, Child Health Insurance Research Initiative,fact sheets, selected publications, additional resources and links.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Office of Children's Health
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/ochchildhlth.html
Description: ATSDR, an agency of the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, serves the public by using the best science, takingresponsive public health actions and providing trusted health information toprevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances. ATSDR'sChild Health Program emphasizes the ongoing examination of relevant childhealth issues in all of the agency's activities, and stimulates new projects tobenefit children.
Information Available: Child health reports; pediatric toxicology references;links to child-focused work in ATSDR's organizational divisions: i.e. Divisionof Toxicology, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, Division ofHealth Studies and the Division of Health Education and Promotion; the agencyroundtable on child health and a link to ATSDR's materials for children andparents.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
www.cms.hhs.gov/schip
Description: Operating within the U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services, CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In conjunctionwith the Health Resources and Services Administration, CMS also operates SCHIP.
Information Available: SCHIP state health plan, enrollment, outreach, reportsand evaluations, Title XXI legislation, SCHIP regulations and allotmentnotices, related White House and department information as well as frequentlyasked questions regarding SCHIP.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)
yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/
Description: The EPA established the OCHP in May 1997 tomake the protection of children's health a fundamental goal of public healthand environmental protection in the United States. OCHP supports andfacilitates EPA efforts to protect children's health from environmentalthreats.
Information Available: Background and activities of theOCHP; potential environmental hazards; related health topics; tips to protectchildren (available in Spanish); news stories; relevant EPA activities; asearchable database on the potential hazards that exist in the places wherechildren live, learn and play; publications; grants management activities;links to federal task forces and committees on environmental topics that impactchildren's health.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics,
ChildStats.gov
www.childstats.gov
Description: The Forum, created in 1994 by the ChiefStatistician at OMB and the leaders of six agencies, has participants fromacross government as well as partners in private research organizations. TheForum works to foster coordination, collaboration and integration of collectionand reporting of Federal data on child and family issues and conditions.
Information Available: Federal and state statistics and reports on children andtheir families including: population and family characteristics, health,behavior and social environment, economic security and education. Also includesreports such as, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, theannual Federal monitoring report on the status of the Nation's children,Nurturing Fatherhood and Counting Couples.
MEDLINEplus-Health Information
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenshealth.html
Description: MEDLINEplus, sponsored by the National Libraryof Medicine, includes a vast amount of health information on over 600 diseasesand conditions. The site offers authoritative, up to date and appropriatehealth information for both health professionals and consumers.
Information Available: Latest news concerning children's health, publicationsfrom the National Institutes of Health, general information, alternativetherapies, diagnosis and symptoms, nutrition, prevention and screening,research, specific conditions, treatment, law and policy, statistics and linksto other MEDLINE related topics.
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
www.childrensdefense.org
Description: CDF provides a strong, effective voice for allthe children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. Theorganization pays particular attention to the needs of poor and minoritychildren and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needsof children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or intotrouble, drop out of school or suffer family breakdown.
Information Available: Issue specific: Child Care and Head Start, Child Health,Child Welfare and Mental Health, Violence Prevention, Youth Development andFamily Income; The Black Community Crusade for Children; Child Watch VisitationProgram; CHIP; Tax and other assistance for families; key facts about uninsuredchildren, The State of America's Children Report; child and family data; YouthViolence Resource Center; fact sheets and a CDF listserve.
March of Dimes,
PeriStats: An Interactive Perinatal Data Resource
www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/
Description: PeriStats, developed by the March of Dimes,provides maternal, infant and child health-related data at the state-level andfor many indicators at the county-level.
Information Available: State data by topic and interest, health data overviewsby state, state data in various formats, county data, other links to datasources and the ability to compare data to another state, all the states or thenational data.
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
www.ncemch.org
Description: The NCEMCH offers national leadership to thematernal and child health community in three key areas: 1) program development,2) education and 3) state-of-the-art knowledge, in order to improve the healthand well-being of the nation's children and families.
Information Available: Maternal and Child Health library, publications,knowledge paths (electronic resource guides that point to recent, high-qualityresources for health professionals, program administrators and policymakers toprovide and strengthen services in specific topic areas), Family ResourceCenters, databases, bibliographies and policy alerts.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation,
KIDS COUNT
www.aecf.org/majorinitiatives/kidscount.aspx
Description: Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation(AECF) has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and theirfamilies in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is tofoster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that moreeffectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
Information Available: KIDS COUNT project, KIDS COUNT data book, state andcounty level data, initiatives and projects, census data and reports, policymagazine, Casey Connects newsletter and other AECF publications.
Child Trends
www.childtrends.org
Description: Child Trends, a nonprofit children's researchorganization, collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes anddisseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and testspromising approaches to research in the field.
Information Available: Issue and policy briefs, research projects andpublications, The Child Indicator newsletter, facts at a glace and the ChildTrends databank.
Families USA,
Medicaid & Children's Health
www.familiesusa.org/issues/medicaid
Description: Over the past 20 years, Families USA has earneda national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers. Theorganization works at the national, state, and community level to achievehigh-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
Information Available: A media center, Families USA publications, fact sheets,tools for advocates, an action center, state specific data, clearinghouse forpublications and reports through related agencies and organizations,partnerships and related links.
Institute for Child Health Policy
www.ichp.edu
Description: The Institute for Child Health Policy focusesits attention on issues of access, utilization, cost, quality and familyinvolvement in both their policy and program development and health servicesresearch. The goal of the Institute is to research, evaluate, formulate andadvance health policies, programs and systems that promote the health andwell-being of children and youth.
Information Available: Institute publications and presentations, research inorganizing and financing care for children and youth with special health needs,health services research, policy and program affairs, communications andinformation technology, program evaluations and technical assistance.
Missouri Resources
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS),
Division of Environmental Health and Communicable Disease Prevention,
Section for Environmental Public Health,
Missouri Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)
www.dhss.mo.gov/ChildhoodLead/
Description: The mission of CLPPP is to assure the childrenof Missouri a safe and healthy environment through the detection, treatment andprimary prevention of lead exposures that may cause illness or death.
Information Available: Blood lead screening data, lead poisoning laws, leadmanual, testing and risk assessment tool, educational materials and relatedlinks including the Bureau of Lead licensing.
Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS),
Division of Family Services (DFS),
Children's Services
www.dss.mo.gov/pr_family.htm
Description: DFS maintains responsibility for administeringfour program areas: 1) Early Childhood Programs, 2) Family Support Program, 3)Children's Services and 4) Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.
Information Available: Adoption services, blind services, child abuse andneglect, child care/early childhood services, child-support, foster careprograms, hotline numbers, parental stress help line, residential program unit,task force on children's justice and treatment services.
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