Division of

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DCAFH

• Division of
• Child, Adolescent and
• Family Health

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DCAFH
1. Sharon Adamo 301-443-3972 2.
Trina M. Anglin 301-443-4291 3.
Yolanda Baker 301-443-6601 4.
Stephanie Bryn 301-443-6091 5. Peter
Conway 301-443-3299 6. Dena Green
301-443-9768 7. David Heppel
301-443-3954 8. Dan Kavanaugh
301-443-1321 9. Mark Nehring
301-443-3449 10. Paul Rusinko
301-443-2115 11. Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn
301-443-4489 12. Tina Turgel
301-443-5599 13. Pam Vodicka
301-443-2753 14. Audrey Yowell
301-443-4292 15. Joe Zogby
301-443-4393 16. Doris Zuessman
301-443-2251
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DCAFH Activities

• 2,1 Adolescent Health Support Network (National
  Adolescent Health Information Center, State
  Adolescent Health Coordinators Network, National
  Adolescent Health Center for State MCH Personnel,
  Association of Maternal and Child Health
  Programs)
• 2, 7 Bright Futures
• 4 Child Abuse/Neglect
• 11 Child Care
• 4 Child Death Review
• 3 Child Health Practitioner Support Program
• 2,1 Comprehensive Adolescent Health
• 6, 11, 15 Early Childhood Health and Development
• 8, 12 Emergency Medical Services for Children
  (EMSC)
• 7 Immunization
• 1, 2 Integrated Health and Behavioral Health Care
  for Children, Adolescents and their Families

• 4 Injury Violence Prevention/Childrens Safety
  Network
• 11 Lead Poisoning
• 11,7, 2, 6, 15 Medical Home
• 1, 2, 15 Mental Health
• 7, 1 Mental Health and Schools
• 2 National Initiative to Improve Adolescent
  Health by 2010
• 9,13 Oral Health
• 6, 15, 11 Parenting/Parental support
• 2 Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent
  Health (PIPPAH)
• 14 Alliance for Information in Maternal and Child
  Health (AIM, formerly PIC)
• 2, 4 School Health and Safety
• 15 , 6, 11 State Early Childhood Comprehensive
  Care Systems Initiative
• 10 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• 4 Suicide Prevention

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Adolescent Health

• PROGRAMMATIC THEMES
• Comprehensive purview of adolescent health
• Healthy youth development
• Partnership formation national professional
  membership associations and TA resource centers
• National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health
• Support to States

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Adolescent Health
SPECIAL AREAS OF ENDEAVOR SCHOOL HEALTH Center
on School-Based Health Care TA, training
resources Mental Health in Schools program and
policy analysis MENTAL HEALTH AND STATE MCH
PROGRAMS State Agency Partnerships for Promoting
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Adolescent Health
SUPPORT TO STATES Strategies and
Activities Assessments of State MCH staff
needs Technical Assistance and Resources phone,
individual electronic messages, in-person
consultation, e-newsletters and other electronic
publications, topical audio conferences Orientatio
n and nurturance of new State Adolescent Health
Coordinators State System Capacity Assessment
Tool strategic planning around adolescent
health Regional conference calls of State
Adolescent Health Coordinators Regional calls
for State Adolescent Health Coordinators with
their MCH Directors in planning stages for 2008
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Adolescent Health

• SUPPORT TO STATES
• Who Does It?
• National Adolescent Health Information Center
• University of California, San Francisco
• Jane Park (jane.park_at_ucsf.edu)
• State Adolescent Health Resource Center for MCH
  Personnel
• University of Minnesota, Konopka Institute
• Kristin Teipel (teipe001_at_umn.edu)
• Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in
  States
• AMCHP
• Sharron Corle (scorrle_at_amchp.org)
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• Sharon Adamo (sadamo_at_hrsa.gov) mental health
  programs
• Trina Anglin (tanglin_at_hrsa.gov) adolescent
  health programs

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Infant and Child Health

• Areas of Emphasis
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Health and Safety in Child Care
• State Maternal and Child Health Early Childhood
  Comprehensive Systems Grants

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The Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
Program (ECCS)

• A system of collaborations and partnerships that
  support families and communities in their
  development of children that are healthy and
  ready to learn at school entry.

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MCHB STATE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

• Essential Components
• Efforts that address
• Access to health care and medical homes
• Mental health and social-emotional development
• Early care and education/child care
• Parent education and
• Family support.

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The Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
Program (ECCS)

• An ECCS Plan
• Focuses on the results the State wants to
  achieve.
• Identifies partners and their contributions.
• Reflects involvement of families and local
  communities.
• Is based on a needs assessment /environmental
  scan (can use existing assessments for some or
  all areas).
• Contains an evaluation plan and a core set of
  indicators of early childhood well-being.

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Injury/Violence Prevention

• National Center for Child Death Review Policy and
  Practice
• Stop Bullying Now! Campaign
• Childrens Safety Network
• National Organizations for Youth Safety

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MCHB Oral Health Program

• MCHB Leadership Role
• Oral Health Support Systems
• www.mchoralhealth.org - National OH Resource
  Center
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  Collaborators
• Enhancing the Integration of Oral Health and MCH
  Programs
• Knowledge Path Oral Health and Children and
  Adolescents
• Special Care An Oral Health Professionals Guide
  to Serving Young Children with Special Health
  Care Needs
• Update of Seal America The Prevention
  Intervention
• Research to Policy and Practice Periodontal
  Health and Birth Outcomes
• www.astdd.org - Partnership for State Leadership
  in Oral Health
• Promote and support state dental directors to
  foster excellence in state oral health program
  leadership
• www.healthychild.ucla.edu/nohpc - National OH
  Policy Center
• Policy Briefs and Publications

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Emergency Medical Services for Children

• Mission To reduce child and youth mortality and
  morbidity resulting from severe illness or
  trauma.
• State Partnership Grants
• available to all states, US Territories and the
  District of Columbia
• Targeted Issue Grants
• EMSC Performance Measures
• Enhancing technical assistance and data
  collection
• EMSC National Resource Center Childrens
  National Medical Center
• National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center
  (NEDARC)
• Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
  (PECARN)
• Interagency Agreements
• NHTSA, CDC and HIS
• EMSC Partnership for Children Stakeholders
• Institute of Medicine Report 2006

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DCAFH Activities

• Alliance for Information in Maternal and Child
  Health (AIM)
• Purpose To share information about MCH issues
  with decision makers
• Membership National Governors Association,
  National Conference of State Legislatures,
  Association of State and Territorial Health
  Officials, National Association of County and
  City Health Officials, CityMatCH, AMCHP,
  Grantmakers in Health, Todays Child, Family
  Voices, National Business Group on Health,
  National Institute for Health Care Management
  Foundation, Grantmakers for Children, Youth and
  Families, American Bar Association, American
  Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American Academy
  of Pediatrics