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Maternal and Child Health Data ReportMaternal and Child Health AssessmentJanuary 2009Notice: Originally Maternal and Child Health Assessment published this report as a single document in April 2006. Maternal and Child Health Assessment is updating chapters on a rotating basis. The most recent update is listed next to each section. If no date is listed, the chapter was completed in January 2006.Introduction
The Maternal and Child Health Data and Services Report is intended to be a resource primarily for public health professionals on the health status and service needs of pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents in Washington State. The Health Resources and Services Administration, the federal granting agency for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant (Title V), requires annual reporting of a number of health measures to track the health status of the maternal and child health population (see appendices B and C). This report is an ongoing attempt to put these measures into broader context and to use this information to develop and evaluate programs and policies. Chapters are designed to be used individually as fact sheets or together, and will be updated periodically as new data are added to the datasets used. The first section, Health Outcomes and Health Behaviors, contains an initial chapter with county-specific population information as well as trend tables of pregnancy outcomes and infant and child mortality. Subsequent chapters focus on topics relevant to the Maternal and Child Health population, relying primarily on graphs and charts to provide a snapshot of how the Washington State population looks. Each chapter provides data that describe the Maternal and Child Health population overall as well as by county, age, gender, race and ethnicity, rural and urban residence and Medicaid status where available. Yearly data from 1980 have been included, when available. The second section, Publicly Funded Social and Health Services, describes several social, medical and preventive health services targeted for pregnant women, women of reproductive age, infants, children and/or adolescents in Washington. This section has been added in response to an evaluation of the previous data report. It is intended to help the Office of Maternal and Child Health monitor the states capacity to address the health needs of the Maternal and Child Health population in Washington. Each chapter addresses what the service is, how or where it is provided, who is eligible for the service, who is receiving the service, and what issues or concerns exist regarding the service. As this is the first time all of this information has been provided in a single location and format, some inconsistencies persist, and it is likely that some services which should have been included were overlooked. Our goal is that this section will be updated and will improve over time as staff use this information. Ultimately, we hope to be able to address regional challenges in service provision as well. The third and final section of the report includes appendices. Appendix A includes technical notes on the data sources used, analytic definitions and statistical information. Appendices B and C, include information on the Maternal and Child Health priorities and Maternal and Child Health Block Grant required performance and outcome measures. The following are chapters included within the Maternal and Child Health Data Report. Each chapter is a separate PDF file that can be printed as needed (requires free Acrobat Reader. Please send questions or comments about this report via email to: Justin.Weisser@doh.wa.gov. The internet links and other resources were current as of the date of publication. This archived Web version of the report is provided for reference only, the internet links are not updated. Health Outcomes & Health Behaviors
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