THE OFFICE OF DATA AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ODPD

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THE OFFICE OF DATA AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (ODPD)
Presentation at the MCHB Partnership
Meeting October 14, 2007 Michael D. Kogan,
Ph.D. Maternal and Child Health
Bureau Health Resources and Services
Administration U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services



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• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE MATERNAL AND
  CHILD HEALTH DATA TO GUIDE YOUR PROGRAMS?

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Picture of MCH Leaders Who Used Their States MCH
Data
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Picture of Someone Who Did Not
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OUTLINE OF TODAYS PRESENTATION

• Describe each of the foci within our office
• Provide description of projects
• Award all-expense paid vacation for two to Paris
  to the person who pays the most attention (IF
  TIME AT THE END)

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FOCI OF THE ODPD

• Build and enhance human resource capacity in MCH
  epidemiology
• Build and enhance data systems at the national,
  state, and local levels
• Enhance the data and evaluation capacity within
  MCHB
• Collect and analyze data related to the MCHB
  strategic plan goals and MCHB program areas
• Coordinate MCHBs work on program accountability,
  evaluation, and policy analysis

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ODPD STAFF

• Mary Kay Kenney
• Gopal Singh
• Steph Toomer
• Jaime Resnick
• Chris Hager
• Reem Ghandour
• Joann Burch (intern)

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ODPD STAFF

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CONSULTANTS TO ODPD STAFF

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• BUILD AND ENHANCE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY IN MCH
  EPIDEMIOLOGY

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PROGRAMS IN MCH EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Annual series of 4 web-based MCH DataSpeaks
  providing skills building
• Support MCH epidemiology doctoral students who
  use state or local data for their dissertation
• Support CDC/HRSA program on state-based MCH
  epidemiologists
• Co-sponsor the MCH Epidemiology conf.
• With CDC, sponsor training opportunities through
  AMCHP at the MCH Epidemiology Conference (2007
  will be Trend Analysis)

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PROGRAMS IN MCH EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Graduate student intern program in Epidemiology
  Data Skills
• Provide support to States who want to publish
  their work in scientific journals strengthening
  the evidence base in MCH (with CDC)
• MCH Epi Training Course for States and local
  areas (with CDC)

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• BUILD AND ENHANCE DATA SYSTEMS AT THE NATIONAL,
  STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS

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• How many children are reported to have asthma in
  your State?

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• How many children have periods without health
  insurance during the course of a year in your
  State?

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• What is the extent of physical and emotional
  problems among children and what percent have
  unmet needs for treatment in your state?

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• How many home runs did Carl Yastrzemski hit when
  he won the triple crown in 1967?

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• What was the color of Robert E. Lees white horse?

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NATIONAL SURVEYS ON CHILD HEALTH

• HRSA/MCHB Partnership with CDC/NCHS
• Identifies 2000 children per state by random
  digit dialing telephone survey
• Gathers information on the physical, mental, and
  emotional health of children
• First survey collection January 2003-July 2004
• Next survey began in 2007

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NATIONAL SURVEYS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH
CARE NEEDS

• HRSA/MCHB Partnership with CDC/NCHS
• Identifies 750-1000 children per state by random
  digit dialing telephone survey
• Gathers information on the health care
  experiences and needs of CSHCN and their families
  
• First survey collection was 2000-2002
• Next survey collection was 2005-2006
• Data available in late autumn 2007

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OTHER PROGRAMS IN BUILDING DATA CAPACITY

• Integrating States child health information
  systems
• Evaluating child health information systems

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OTHER PROGRAMS IN BUILDING DATA CAPACITY

• Developed a web-based data resource center for
  the National Survey of Childrens Health as well
  as the National Survey of Children with Special
  Health Care Needs (with DCAFH and DSCSHCN)
• www.childhealthdata.org

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• OTHER DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES

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DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES

• Co-leadership (with CDC) on the chapter for
  maternal and child health for Healthy People 2010
• Produce Child Health USA
• Produce Womens Health USA (with OWH and DPSHS)
• Produce Chartbook on Childrens Health
• Produce Chartbook on Oral Health
• Produce Chartbook on Obesity
• Produce Chartbook on Rural Childrens Health

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DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES

• Produced chartbooks on Adolescent Health, and
  Children with Special Health Care Needs (with
  DSCSHCN)
• Special issue of the Maternal and Child Health
  Journal on state-level analyses of children with
  special health care needs
• Special issue of Pediatrics on results from the
  NSCH
• Publications in scientific journals

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PLANNING, POLICY, AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

• Policy and Health Financing (Medicaid, SCHIP)
• - Serves as the policy lead on Medicaid,
  State Childrens Health Insurance Program, and
  MCH financing issues
• - EPSDT Leadership Workshops Facilitate
  State-level policy meetings between multiple
  agencies for improving EPSDT rates.
• - Insure Kids Now links children and families
  to free and low-cost health care insurance
• Discretionary Grant Performance Measures
• - Collect demographic, financial, and
  performance measure data from over 800 grantees
  on 37 performance measures
• - Expected to provide public web-reports in
  early 2008.
• Strategic Planning Updating the Strategic Plan
  for release in Spring/Summer of 2008.
• MCH Library information on a broad range of
  related topics weekly newsletter, the MCH Alert
  research articles reports and publications
  audiovisual materials and links to databases and
  other MCH sites. 

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PLANNING, POLICY AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

• Evaluation
• - Assist programs with data collection
  strategies and necessary approvals.
• Performance Reporting
• - Assist Bureau in preparing for Performance
  Assessment Rating Tool (PART) reviews
• - Develop and monitor long-term measures
• - Report targets and results for annual and
  efficiency measures.

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• Provide technical assistance on data and analysis
  on an as-needed basis to regional, state, local
  and territorial health offices, when people ask
  politely using their pleases and thank yous.

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Contact

• Michael Kogan, Ph.D.
• MKogan_at_hrsa.gov
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• 5600 Fishers Lane
• Room 18-41, Parklawn Building
• Rockville, MD 20857
• 301-443-3145