Parents, did you know there are 13 well-child care visits in the first 4 years of your child's life? The CAHMI's Well-Visit Planner
is designed to help you learn about and prepare for your child's well-care.
Health Care Providers
You can use the Well-Visit Planner to engage and empower parents as proactive partners in improving well-child care and insert parent data into the electronic medical record.
Learn more about how father's mental/emotional health is affected by having a child with special health care needs. Or check out the overall health of fathers in your state!
About Us
The DRC is a project of the CAHMI supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration,
Read this very interesting and relevant article on how the recession has forced cutbacks in care for CSHCN. Look for a quote from CAHMI's Dr. Christina Bethell!
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA/MCHB) sponsors and leads the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). With HRSA/MCHB support, the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) is pleased to announce the availability of "research ready" NSCH data files and variable codebooks designed to expedite the advancement of knowledge on child health and health care in the US. In addition to the online data search feature available through the DRC, we offer these "research ready" datasets to enhance your research capabilities. Data files and codebooks are available in SAS and SPSS (or flat files) for all NSCH years (2003, 2007 and 2011/12).
Learn how data results may have changed in the nation and your state on indicators of children's health status, health care, school and activities, family, and neighborhood.
The 2011-12 NSCH provides first-time national data on Adverse Child and Family Experiences for children. View this data brief to learn more about the prevalence of adverse child and family experiences nationwide, as well as variation across states and child subgroups.
* The ACEs Connection website highlighted the new NSCH data in a blog post featuring prevalence among US children and associations between adverse child and family experiences, child and parent health, contextual factors, and resiliency factors. *Nearly a third of US youth age 12-17 have experienced two or more adverse childhood experiences (30.5%), with a range of 23.0% to 44.4% across states.
1.This infographic created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a fantastic visualization of ACEs and their implications. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports researchers who are applying the science behind toxic stress exposure to the prevention and treatment of physical and behavioral health conditions.
3. Toxic Stress:Read the American Academy of Pediatrics
report: A Public Health Approach to Toxic Stress. This report addresses toxic stress and the translation of scientific advances in epigenetics and brain development into practice to improve public health.
Data on children's health can be a powerful tool to educate stakeholders, inform decision makers, and motivate and track improvement of children's health care delivery in practice. This webinar, co-hosted by the AAP's National Center for Medical Home Implementation and The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, describes how national and state data on Medical Home can help drive medical home practice improvement efforts and be leveraged to enrich these local efforts.
Be Prepared to Advocate for Children's Health
These upcoming health awareness dates are great opportunities to advocate for child health awareness in your state.
The Data Resource Center partners with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to make data and information about the national surveys accessible and understandable to all.
