Promoting
Health and Safety in Child Care: A Review of the Literature and Available
Resources
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The report
includes: a review of the major issues related to child health and safety
and their potential connection to child care systems; a review of the
literature reflecting the current level of quality of care that children
receive and the need for improved coordination with health care systems;
a review of Federal, State, and local efforts to coordinate health and
child care; and a discussion of the resources available to States and
communities to pursue and promote coordination between these systems.
(Prepared for Links for Families, Boston, June 1998)
Strategic
Planning for Iowa's Maternal and Child Health Programs: Workshop Summary
and Recommended Next Steps
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The growth
in managed care, the implementation of welfare reform, and the rising
rate of poverty among children and families are among the external changes
facing Iowa's maternal and child health programs. To assess the impact
of these environmental changes on MCH programs and services and to plan
for the agency's future role, the Iowa Family Services Bureau requested
technical assistance in the area of strategic planning. The focus of
this technical assistance assignment was the conduct of a two-day strategic
planning workshop; this report presents a summary of this workshop,
addressing such issues as the development of an environmental assessment,
an analysis of the FSB's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
in relation to major environmental forces, and the development of a
strategy to reshape the orientation of the FSB in light of the changing
environment. (Prepared for Iowa Family Services Bureau, 1997)
Systems
Development and Analytic/Quantitative Skills: A Review of the Literature
193 kb file
This report
reviews the literature on a range of analytic and quantitative skills
important to these systems development efforts for health services to
children and families, including needs assessment, strategic planning,
data collection and analysis, quality assurance, program evaluation,
electronic information transfer systems, combined record-keeping systems,
budget development, policy analysis, economic analysis, and development
of utilization and cost estimates. (Prepared for MCHB, January 1997)
Adapting
MCH Systems in a Changing Health Care Environment: Summary of Technical
Assistance Provided to the State of Nebraska
140 kb file
For the
State of Nebraska, HSR provided technical assistance on broad range
of issues surrounding evolving roles for Title V in a changing health
care environment. The final project report includes an analysis of Nebraska's
evolving state health care system, as well as summaries of two workshops
conducted for Nebraska officials on such topics as maternal and child
health systems development and providing high quality care to children
with special health care needs enrolled in Medicaid managed care arrangements.
(Prepared for Nebraska Department of Health, 1996)
Creating
a Population-Based Maternal and Child Health Surveillance System for
Arizona
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For the
State of Arizona, HSR consultants developed a surveillance system for
monitoring the impacts of the State's systems development efforts. The
project's final report identifies a set of population-based indicators
for the perinatal population, children and adolescents, and children
with special health care needs, and identifies potential sources for
measurement data. (Prepared for Arizona Department of Health Services,
May 1996)
Community
Health Systems Development: Summary of a Workshop for Utah Officials
105 kb file
For the
State of Utah, HSR and its consultant supported the Division of Family
Health Services (DFHS)'s initial efforts to initiate and implement a
community assessment and development process, as outlined under Utah's
State Systems Development Initiative (SSDI). The report summarizes a
two-day workshop conducted in July 1995 to train state and local officials
in the principles of community development and the skills needed to
implement community-based systems development activities. (Prepared
for Utah Department of Health, 1995)
Delivering
and Financing Services for Vulnerable Children Under Health Care Reform
211 kb file
For the
State of Minnesota, HSR and its consultant analyzed alternative service
delivery and payment options for "wrap-around" services for
four populations of vulnerable children under the State's health care
reform initiative: children with special health care needs, children
at psychosocial risk of poor growth and development, adolescents, and
low-income children who face barriers to accessing health services.
(Prepared for Minnesota Department of Health, November 1995)
Measuring
Systems Development in Wyoming: Instruments to Assess Communities' Progress
277 kb file
For the
State of Wyoming, HSR and its consultant developed instruments to monitor
and measure the effects of the State's various systems development efforts.
This report consists primarily of two draft survey instruments to collect
systems development indicator data. The first survey is designed to
be administered to families living in Wyoming communities; the second
is a survey of providers serving these families. (Prepared for Wyoming
Department of Health, August 1995)
Review
of the Literature and Measurement Strategies Related to Key Principles
in Development of Systems of Care for Children and Youth: Volume I
224 kb file
For the
State of Kansas, HSR consultants from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene
and Public Health presented detailed information on existing literature
and data collection tools for systems development measurement. This
report provides an overview of issues Kansas officials may need to consider
in developing a systems measurement approach for the State, as well
as summarizes literature reviews and assessment tools currently in use.
(Prepared for Kansas Department of Health and Environment, March 1995)
Training
Communities in Systems Development: Summary of a Workshop for Louisiana
Officials
101 kb file
For the
State of Louisiana, HSR and its consultant facilitated the development
of local community health councils, as outlined under Louisiana's State
System Development Initiative (SSDI) grant proposal. Specifically, the
report summarizes a two-day workshop conducted in March 1995 provided
state, regional and local officials with a conceptual understanding
of community-based systems development, as well as SSDI staff training
in the group process skills they would need to spearhead community-based
activities. (Prepared for LA Department of Health and Hospitals, 1995)
Health
Care Reform in Vermont and its Implications for Systems of Care for
Children
213 kb file
For the
State of Vermont, HSR and its consultant analyzed the proposals of the
Health Care Authority (HCA) with respect to the impact that health care
reform may have on primary care systems for children. In particular,
the report describes the strengths and weaknesses of the state's existing
public programs for children, identifies key questions raised by the
work of the HCA, and discusses a range of issues regarding children's
access to needed care that might require further analysis. (Proposed
for Vermont Department of Health, 1994)
