Women and Infant Health
Toolkit of Graphics Highlights Importance of HPV Vaccine
The U.S. National Vaccine Program Office created a series of promotional graphics to highlight the importance of the HPV vaccine. Each graphic includes a fact or statistic to help people understand why children and young adults need to get vaccinated.
State of Babies Yearbook: 2019
New research from Child Trends and Zero to Three finds that the state in which a child is born and spends the first three years of their life has a significant impact on their future health, well-being, and success. The research compiles and examines more than 60 policies and indicators related to infant and toddler well-being to rank states by how effectively they support children during their first three years.
Child & Adolescent Health
Combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health Data Sets Are Now Available For Downloading
The combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health data sets and codebooks can be requested for download through the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website at http://www.childhealthdata.org/help/dataset. Access to these downloadable datasets and codebooks was made possible by the Data Resource Center in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Legislation and Policy in MCH
Promoting Health and Cost Control in States: How States Can Improve Community Health and Well-being Through Policy Change
Trust for America's Health's report highlights 13 evidence-based policies, all outside the healthcare sector, that if adopted by states, can improve the health and well-being of their residents. It provides detailed information on the recommended policies, including summaries of the health and economic evidence, case examples, and considerations for design and implementation.