Child Health Day, October 4, 2010:
Every Child Deserves a Medical Home
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National Child Health Day, originally proclaimed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928, provides an opportunity to focus the Nation's attention on the importance of the health and well-being of children. This year's Child Health Day is on October 4 and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/National Center for Medical Home Implementation is celebrating by highlighting medical home since it is such an important part of improving the health for all children and youth. |
Medical home is defined as a model of delivering primary care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective (American Academy of Pediatrics).
Resources on this topic include:
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National Center for Medical Home Implementation
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau: Child Health Day
- White House: Presidential Proclamation -- Child Health Day
- Medical Home Portal
- Medical Home State Data Pages
- National Medical Home Autism Initiative
- Selected Resources from the MCH Library:
- Selected National Center for Cultural Competence Resources:
- Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services
- Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children with Disabilities & Special Health Needs and their Families
- Cultural Competence: It All Starts at the Front Desk
- CulturalCompetence Health Practitioner Assessment
Archive of Child Health Day Materials
The MCH Library provides access to historical publications from the U.S. Children's Bureau, including the following full-text documents:
- May day: National child health day—A summary of nation-wide organization, co-operation, and activities (1926; PDF)
- May day: Child health day—A bulletin of suggestions for 1927 (1927; PDF)
- The story of May day: 1924-1928 (1928; PDF)
Additional materials ranging from 1926-2008 are also available.
