Assuring Better Child Health and Development Resource Center
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 National Academy for State Health Policy

The Commonwealth Fund

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Resources by Activity

The following activities are critical to policymakers, professional clinical audiences, and other interested stakeholders in their efforts to improve the delivery of early child development services for low-income children and their families.  Each topic area includes tools and resources produced by and for these audiences as well as peer-reviewed literature.


Making the Case: Background on Developmental Screening in Primary Care
Engaging Leaders:
Establishing and Effectively Using a Stakeholder Committee
Improving Quality in Office Practice:
Provider Education and Training
Identifying Children and Families at Risk:
Surveillance and Screening
Identifying and Addressing Needs:
Follow Up Services
Improving Policy:
State Approaches to Early Childhood Development
Gauging Success:
Measurement and Evaluation
Paying for Improvements:
Early Childhood Services Costs, Financing, and Return on Investment
Testing Models:
Pilot Selection and Support
Spreading Results:
Dissemination Strategies

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FAST FACTS...
>>State Medicaid programs
serve 1/3 of all U.S. infants and 29% of children 1-5.

>>From birth to age 5, children develop at a rapid pace, forming the foundation for their subsequent physical, social, cognitive, and emotional development.

>>Early child health and development programs can improve both the prospects and the long-term quality of life of many children who are considered at risk of cognitive, social, physical, or emotional impairment

Source:Building State Medicaid Capacity to Provide Child Development Services:Early Findings from the ABCD Consortium (NASHP, 2002)

 
 
   
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