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Austin, G.; Bates, S.; Duerr, M. – WestED (NJ1), 2005
The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) is a comprehensive youth health risk and resilience data collection service sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE). This part of the guidebook will assist practitioners in understanding, interpreting, and deriving the maximum benefit from the CHKS results. It provides a basic road map…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Validity, Reliability, Data Analysis
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed. – 2001
This curriculum module is intended to help childcare providers understand how injuries happen and how, by planning ahead and taking simple precautions, most injuries can be avoided. The 3- to 5-hour curriculum is designed to fulfill the learning needs and licensing requirements of childcare providers in California. Introductory remarks present…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety
Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA. – 1994
This collection contains materials from various sources on the status of children's health, successful children's health programs, and advocacy for children's health. Section 1 contains: (1) the statement by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) on maternal and child health needs under national health reform; (2) information on uninsured children,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Child Health
California Dept. of Health Services, Oakland. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch. – 1996
In an effort to address young children's substantial risk for exposure to lead in out-of-home child care programs, outreach and training were developed for child care providers. This workshop curriculum consists of training activities and materials appropriate for child care providers in centers or homes for the purpose of educating them about the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety, Day Care
Harper, Michelle – 2003
Despite expansions in children's health insurance programs, rates of uninsurance in California continue to be high. Noting that absenteeism due to poor health is associated with school failure and asserting that schools offer an established framework on which to build a coordinated approach to enrolling children in health insurance programs, this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Child Health, Children
Bianco, Diana; Clavez, Elena; Cryan, Mary Ann; Imholz, Betsy; Johns, David; Landes, Rebecca; Petke, Jen – 2000
The rising number of uninsured children in California underscores the need to redouble efforts to enroll all eligible children in the Healthy Families Program (California's State Children's Health Insurance Program), or in Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid program). This report describes the research and fieldwork conducted by Consumers Union's…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Children, Enrollment Management