January 26, 2016   
In This Issue
Redesigned DRC Website
Title V and NHIS Data on Data Query
DRC at AMCHP
WVP Tools in Spanish
Welcome Dr. Michele Solloway to Baltimore
ACEs at the 2016 National Child Health Policy Conference      
               
Register for Academy Health's 2016 National Child Health Policy Conference (NCHPC), taking place on Wednesday, February 3rd. There will be several sessions on the topic of adverse childhood events, including:
*Federal and State Efforts to Address Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Opioid Abuse (11:00-12:30)
* The Many Faces of Immigration's Impact on Child and Family Health (12:30-2:15)
* New Priorities in Child Health Services Research: Focus on Equity and Trauma (2:30-4:00; Dr. Bethell is one of the speakers)
*Reframing Child Health: What Will It Take to Make America Care? (4:15-5:15)
 
The CAHMI will also have a DRC booth at NCHPC. Visit us there!
Online registration is open through January 31. 
Training Course in MCH Epi
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CityMatCH are offering a Training Course in MCH Epidemiology from June 6-10 in San Diego, CA.
 
This year's course is geared towards state and local health professionals with intermediate to advanced skills in statistical and epidemiologic methods. Content for the course will include: Needs Assessment, Multivariable Regression Methods, Economic Evaluation, and more.
 
Apply online by February 19th!
       Job Opening at MCHB      
An announcement for a Supervisory Health Care Administrator in OER/ Division of Research is now posted on USAJobs. The announcement closes on February 9, 2016.
 
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Check Out the Newly Redesigned DRC Website!      
The CAHMI has partnered with Title V and family leaders to create an updated look and feel for the Data Resource Center website (http://childhealthdata.org)! In addition to a more modern look, the new website is designed to make it even easier to access our many resources, including:
Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at [email protected]! Help us continue to improve for you!
Online Data Query Tool Now Available for Title V National Outcome and Performance Measures, NHIS Data Query Tool Adds State and Area Level Findings!
Many of the new Title V National Performance Measures (NPMs) and National Outcome Measures (NOMs) use data from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSHC) and National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). In order to make it easier for states to access and interactively explore and compare NOM and NPM data findings from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN), the CAHMI has made the data available in a special section of the DRC's interactive data query highlighting these Title V Block Grant measures. The data for the measures are available by state and by numerous subgroups, including those required for the Block Grant, and will be updated as future NSCH and NS-CSHCN data becomes available. More educational materials are also available.
  
In addition, we have added state- and census division-level data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to the existing NHIS data on the DRC data query. Four years of survey data (2010-2013) were combined in order to provide valid state subgroup data. At the national level, the child and family health indicators can also now be stratified by Metropolitan Statistical Area and Rural-Urban Commuting Area.
 
Please check out both of these new data query features at http://childhealthdata.org/browse, and let us know what you think!
  
This is the spot where we would have told you to come visit us at AMCHP...
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Unfortunately, this year's Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Annual Conference  has been cancelled due to the blizzard conditions that occurred in Washington, DC over the weekend. If they are able to reschedule the conference at a later date, we will let you know about our booth number and planned workshop  (Leveraging Existing Partnerships, Models, and Resources to Advance Data-Driven Improvement in MCH National and State Outcomes and Performance Measures). Until then, we hope you managed to stay safe and warm this past weekend!
Spanish Translation of Well Visit Planner Toolkit
  
This past spring, CAHMI partnered with Family Voices to create a toolkit to assist families and family advocates in the use of the Well Visit Planner (WVP) (see our August 2015 newsletter for more information). Spanish translations of most of the documents, including the newsletter, FAQs, flyer, and some of the videos are now available. We hope that this will expand the number of families and young children who are able to benefit from using the WVP!  
Welcome Dr. Michele Solloway to Baltimore      
Long-time CAHMI collaborator and remote staff member Michele Solloway has recently joined the CAHMI team here in Baltimore as an on-site staff member. She is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Reproductive, and Family Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Michele received her PhD from UC Berkeley, and her MPA from California State University, San Francisco. Michele also has training in several Complementary and Alternative Medicine techniques. She has previously worked at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Kaiser Permanente, the University of New Hampshire, and George Washington University. At the CAHMI, Michele works on projects around Adverse Childhood Experiences and Quality Improvement tools, including the Well Visit Planner and Promoting Healthy Development Survey, among others.