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Census Bureau
Provides social, demographic, and economic information; publications that include current survey reports and historical time-series tables; and data on MCH-related topics, including births, child care, children's health insurance, and fertility. Special features include data from the American Community Survey, the "Statistical Abstract of the United States", and Fedstats, a gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies. The Census Bureau is part of the Department of Commerce.
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Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI)
Provides information about surveys of various aspects of child and adolescent health, including data collection instruments, instructions, articles and presentations, focusing on the quality of preventive and developmental care for children and adolescents, including those with special health care needs.
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Child Trends
Reports on national trends and research on key indicators of child and adolescent well-being. Resources include research briefs, reports, fact sheets, and presentations on issues, such as health; social and emotional development; income, assets, and work; education and skills; demographics; and family and community. The Child Trends Databank offers data briefs, a newsletter, and What Works, which contains information for indicators about the types of programs and interventions that may influence particular outcomes for children and adolescents. Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children and adolescents.
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Childstats.gov
Offers access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Publications include America's children: Key national indicators of well-being. ChildStats.gov is a service of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
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Data2010: The Healthy People 2010 Database
Comprises an interactive database for tracking the 467 objectives and 28 focus areas of Healthy People 2010, our national health promotion and disease prevention initiative. Database users may sort the data by focus areas, objectives, or by demographic categories such as race, gender, education level, or income. A keyword search is also available. This data set is provided by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The Healthy People 2010 site can also be accessed at Healthy People 2010.
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FedStats
Serves as a gateway to statistical information produced by more than 100 federal agencies for public use. Links to data on MCH-related topics, including births, child care, prenatal care, and pregnancy risk factors. FedStats is maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.
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Health Data Tools and Statistics
Provides links to health statistics and public health data sets as well as resources to support data collection. This Web site is a service of the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries.
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KIDS COUNT
Offers databases and publications containing state-by-state and national indicators of child well-being. A separate system offers selected county, city, and community level data. KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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MCH Data Connect
Provides an extensive online database catalog of maternal and child
health datasets, interactive tools, and other data resources for
public health professionals, researchers, practitioners, policy
makers, and students. Topic categories include diseases and
conditions; education; environment; geographic units; health
behaviors, attitudes and risk factors; health care; injury, violence
and safety; life stages and populations; mental health; programs,
policies and practice; resource type; sexual and reproductive health;
social policy; vaccines, and workplace/employment. It is provided by
the Harvard School of Public Health.
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PeriStats
Offers birth, infant death, and risk indicator data nationally or by state. PeriStats is a service of the March of Dimes.
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State Health Facts Online
State-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Includes 50 state comparison data on demographics and the economy, health status, health coverage and uninsured, Medicaid and SCHIP, Medicare, health costs and budgets, managed care and health insurance, providers and service use, minority health, women's health, and HIV/AIDS. Also provides individual state profiles for states and territories. The site is provided by the
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Title V Information System (TVIS)
Electronically captures data from annual Title V Block Grant applications and reports submitted by all 59 U.S. states, territories, and jurisdictions and provides information on key measures of maternal and child health (MCH) in the United States. The site provides a description of the Title V program, a searchable database, program materials, state needs assessments, state contact information, a glossary, information about state hotlines, and state snapshots of maternal and child health. TVIS is supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
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These links have
been evaluated for the usefulness, reliability, and timeliness of the
maternal and child health (MCH) information they present, and the ease
with which visitors can access information and navigate in them. This
list is not intended to be comprehensive; rather, it offers a sample
of quality sites that are useful starting points for those interested
in MCH topics.
To find further
resources, you can search the MCH
Organizations Database, which contains information on more than
2,000 organizations that focus on MCH-related topics. Many of the organizations
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