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Download full textUS Department of Health and Human Services, 2010
Children, like adults, may have mental health problems, including depression and anxiety. They may also have behavioral conditions, such as conduct disorders; cognitive disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder; or neurological conditions, such as Tourette Syndrome. Children may also be affected by delays in their physical, cognitive, or…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Portraiture, Physical Health, Child Health
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011
This chartbook uses the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) to report on recent findings on children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the United States. The NSCH provides a unique view of CSHCN in the context of where they live, play and go to school. It also allows comparisons to children without special health care needs.…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Special Health Problems, Health Behavior, Child Health
Blachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1991
This booklet summarizes recent information on the current health status and service needs of America's children. The booklet is intended to present sentinel health measures in a readily accessible and readable format to illustrate what has been accomplished for children and to identify what challenges remain. The booklet's four sections cover:…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Demography, Health Needs
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2009
While data sources exist to measure and monitor the health of children in the United States, few take into account the many contexts in which children grow and develop, including their family and community environments. The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), conducted in 2007, addresses multiple aspects of children's health and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Conditions
Strozer, Jan; Juszczak, Linda; Ammerman, Adrienne – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2010
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care's (NASBHC) 2007-2008 Census is the 11th request for data from school-based health centers (SBHCs) since 1986. The Census: (1) provides a better understanding of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents; (2) collects relevant trend data on demographics,…
Descriptors: School Policy, Clinics, Disadvantaged, Trend Analysis
Katz, Linda; Fontes, Janice; Ross, Maureen; Lawrence, Robin; Andrews, John; Kernan, Sharon; Leddy, Tricia; O'Bara, Joan; Young, John – 2002
Dental disease restricts activities in school, work, and home, and often significantly diminishes the quality of life for many children and adults, especially those who are low income or uninsured. Noting that dental caries (tooth decay) is the most common preventable chronic childhood disease, this Kids Count issue brief considers the extent to…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 1995
Kids Count is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. By providing policy-makers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, the project attempts to enrich discussions about ways to secure better futures for all children. This year's data book, the sixth annual edition, places a special…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Economic Factors, Family Structure
Missouri Univ., St. Louis. Public Policy Research Centers. – 1993
This report presents a picture of the welfare of children in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Developed by Project Respond, a group addressing the needs of at-risk children in the community, it is an attempt to measure the treatment of children by families, private institutions, government, and other facets of society. The introduction describes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, CT. – 1994
The Kids Count project is an effort to track the status of children in the United States on a state-by-state basis. The benchmark figures presented give policymakers a clearer picture of the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children. High rates of child poverty and births to single teens continue in the United States, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Early Parenthood, Economic Factors
PDF pending restorationGeorge Washington Univ., Washington, DC. School of Public Health and Health Services. – 1997
This report presents information and opinions advocating for school-based health centers. Each section starts with a brief introduction and follows with quotations from leaders in the field. The leaders whose thoughts are captured here believe school-based health centers are part of the solution to increasing childhood and adolescent health…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Patel, Mahesh, Ed. – 1994
Using data primarily from United Nations Statistical Yearbooks, but from other sources as well, this Atlas provides an overview, in graphical form, of issues affecting children in Africa. Some of the issues covered, such as immunization, affect children directly. Others, such as economic progress, are included because they form part of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Health, Children, Elementary Education
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Washington, DC. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. – 2000
Intended to inform policymaking in the public and private sectors, this booklet compiles secondary data for 59 health status indicators. The book provides both graphical and textual summaries of data and addresses long-term trends where applicable. Data are presented for the target populations of Title V funding: infants, children, adolescents,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Demography
MacKay, Andrea P.; Duran, Catherine – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
This report presents data on the current status of adolescent health. Many of the measures of health status are shown by single year of age or by 2- or 3-year age intervals to highlight the changes that occur in health status as adolescents move through this important developmental period. Summary measures combining 5- or 10-year age groups (the…
Descriptors: Intervals, Health Conditions, Child Health, Adolescents
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Washington, DC. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. – 1997
Intended to inform policymaking in the public and private sector, this booklet compiles secondary data for 53 health status indicators and service needs of America's children. The book provides both a graphic and textual summary for the data and addresses long-term trends, where applicable. Some statistics indicate the extent of progress toward…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Day Care
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