NOMs and NPMs from the combined 2019-2020
National Survey of Children's Health
are now available through the
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health

The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC), a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), under a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), is excited to announce the release of the National Performance Measures (NPMs) and National Outcome Measures (NOMs) data findings from the combined 2019-2020 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) through the interactive data query on childhealthdata.org! The combined 2019-2020 NSCH is the fourth multi-year dataset since the redesign of the NSCH in 2016 and includes data from 72,210 children ages 0-17 years.
 
The use of the combined datasets to produce state-level estimates is encouraged for NPM/NOMs where possible. The increased sample size from using multiple years of the NSCH allow Title V programs and researchers to produce more reliable national and state-level estimates, particularly for measures that are restricted to certain age ranges or subgroups (e.g. CSHCN). Click here to see the Guide to Multi-Year Estimates. See the DRC Interactive Data Query and the Changes to the Title V National Performance Measures and National Outcome Measures, 2016-2020 document for more information.
 
For more information and resources on the NSCH, such as fast facts, guide to topics and questions, changes across years, survey methodology, survey instruments, and more, please visit the DRC NSCH Overview page. There are also numerous resources available at HRSA MCHB’s webpage on the NSCH, including the NSCH Data Brief of Key Findings. Public use files for the previous NSCH are also available through the U.S. Census Bureau’s NSCH page.
 
The remaining estimates of the combined 2019-2020 NSCH will be available through the interactive data query in November 2021, and downloadable datasets will be available in spring 2022. Single year 2020 NSCH estimates, downloadable datasets, and codebooks will be available through the DRC in late spring 2022. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. If you are a Title V leader, please be sure to indicate this in your request for information. Thank you. 
 
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U59MC27866, National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Initiative, $4.5M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position of or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
The CAHMI is a center within the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health