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MCAH Priority Needs
Thank you to all the Local Health
Jurisdictions for the diligent and meticulous work
completing the MCAH Title V Needs
Assessments. The process required the time
of directors, coordinators, staff, and community
members--and the effort shows in the quality of
the final reports.
MCAH
Priorities for 2010-2014 FHOP tallied
the priorities and sorted them into categories.
The following categories were the most frequently
selected by Counties.
Priority
Category
# of Counties
1. Overweight/obesity
49
2. Prenatal Care
38
3. Birth Outcomes
27
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New Data Maps from
FHOP
FHOP is working on ways
to make the data on the 27 MCAH indicators more
meaningful to local health jurisdictions (LHJs)
and accessible to the public. We are designing a
series of maps comparing LHJs to the same standard
in the 1995-1997 period and the 2004-2006 period.
These maps show both changes for a particular LHJ
and in comparison to other LHJ's. This first map
compares teen birth rates for the 15-17 age
population between the two time periods. It gives
us a sense of the degree to which birth rates have
declined, a rare example of good news in an
otherwise difficult and challenging time.
To see a full-size version of
this map and for additional information about how
it was created, see: CA Teen
Birth Rate Trend Map (opens a PDF).
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Trainings for
2009-2010
Input requested!
Given the
disruption of the budget cuts on county and state
MCAH functions and programs, FHOP is planning to
move to web based trainings. These trainings would
be accessible at a predefined time with live
presenters and on-line discussion, as well as at
any time after the training through the FHOP
website.
To plan the training content
for 2009-2010 we need your assistance. Below is a
link to a brief online survey on potential
training topics. Through this survey, we would
like to get your input on which topics you find
the most useful and needed. Please complete the
survey by September 15th. Thank
you!
FHOP
Training Content
Survey
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Resources for
Data
2007 National Survey of
Children's Health (NSCH)
Data from the 2007 NSCH are available at: childhealthdata.org. The
Data Resource Center for the NSCH 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. Topics
include: Child and family demographics; Children's
physical and mental health status; Health
insurance status and type of coverage; Access and
use of health care services; Medical home; and
others.
Kidsdata.org expanding
Kidsdata.org offers more than
250 indicators on the health and well being of
children. Local data for all California counties
will be phased in beginning later this year.
Currently, data is available for six Bay Area
counties and Santa Barbara. Kidsdata is a project
of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's
Health.
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FHOP Family Health
Outcomes Project
phone: 415-476-5283
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