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Data Sources and Statistics
The National Center for Juvenile Justice
(http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/dat.html)
The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) Web site, under the commission of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, provides several "Easy Access" online data analysis tools on juvenile statistics at the national, state, and county levels.
National Survey of Children's
Health Data Resource Center
(www.nschdata.org)
The Data Resource Center for the National Survey of Children's
Health provides online access to the survey data that allows users
to compare state, regional, and nationwide results - plus resources
and personalized assistance for interpreting and reporting findings.
This is a great resource to help find existing state level data
on child health issues, such as physical, dental and mental health,
health insurance coverage, school activities, and neighborhood
safety.
Data
Resource Center for the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement
(CAMHI) (www.childhealthdata.org/DesktopDefault.aspx)
The Data Resource Center (DRC) on Child and Adolescent Health
Web site makes national, state and regional survey findings
readily available to you. You can search the National Survey
of Children's Health or the National Survey of Children with
Special Health Care Needs to query over 60 child health indicators,
obtain state profiles, or view survey questions.
FedStats
(www.fedstats.gov/)
The FedStats web site is a gateway to statistics from over 100
U.S. Federal agencies.
Forum on Child
and Family Statistics
(www.childstats.gov)
This Web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics
and reports on children and their families, including: population
and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior
and the social environment, and education.
Guide
to Community Preventive Services
(www.thecommunityguide.org)
The Community Guide is being developed by the nonfederal Task
Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force), appointed
by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). This group was convened in 1996 by the Department of Health
and Human Services to provide leadership in the evaluation of
community, population, and healthcare system strategies to address
a variety of public health and health promotion topics such as
physical activity.
KIDS Count
(www.aecf.org/kidscount)
KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national
and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the
U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of
child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and
national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures
for all children.
Mapping
Health Care Delivery for America's Children
(www.aap.org/mapping/)
The American Academy of Pediatrics is partnering with Dartmouth
Medical School, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, to
develop an interactive, Web-based database on the demographics,
socioeconomic status, and geographic distribution of US children
and providers of pediatric care. The Mapping Health Care Delivery
for America's Children Project addresses practical, "real-world"
health issues at all levels by providing accurate information
on the delivery of health care to children. This site features
states maps that visually describe the distribution of pediatricians
across the U.S. For example, users can view the number of children
under 18 per clinically active pediatrician and the percent of
clinically active pediatricians who are female.
Maternal
and Child Health Bureau Data Books
(www.hrsa.mchb.gov/data/)
MCHB data resources provide current and historical data on some
of the most pressing health challenges facing women and their
families. Included are data on health and health-related indicators
in three categories: population characteristics, health status
and health services utilization. Additionally, Child Health USA
data can be found at this site, which includes population characteristics,
health status of infants, children and adolescents, health services
utilization, state- and city-level data, and MCH measures and
goals.
Medicaid
State Fact Sheets
(www.aap.org/advocacy/washing/elections/med_factsheet_pub.htm)
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association
of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)
have created fact sheets that explain the importance of the Medicaid
program and how children in every state rely on it for their health
care. From this site, you can click on each state to get their
individualized fact sheet.
National Center
for Health Statistics
(www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
The National Center for Health Statistics' Web site, created by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a rich source
of information about America’s health. NCHS is the nation’s
principal health statistics agency. Statistical information is
compiled to guide actions and policies to improve health.
United Health
Foundation: America's Health: State Health Rankings (www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr2004/)
The United Health Foundation, together with the American Public
Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention, has released
the 2004 edition of America's Health: State Health Rankings.
This represents the 15th comprehensive and comparative state-by-state
analysis of health status based on rigorous methodology and unimpeachable
data sources.
US Census Bureau
(www.census.gov/)
The U.S. Census Bureau web site provides the latest census data
for US communities.
Youth
Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
(www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/)
The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk
behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death,
disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the
United States. The YRBSS includes national, state, and local school-based
surveys of representative samples of 9th through 12th grade students.
Behaviors monitored by the survey include tobacco use, dietary
behaviors, physical activity, alcohol and drug use, and sexual
behaviors.
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