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December 8, 2011

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New Report on Children with Special Health Care Needs in Context

Visiting Us at the 2011 MCH EPI Conference

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The DRC is a project of the CAHMI conducted in partnership with and supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Tis' the Holiday Season! Please Give Us the Gift of Your Feedback on a Brief Survey.

To help effectively plan for the New Year, the DRC is conducting a brief online survey of our partners. Please take 7 to 8 minutes to provide your input by clicking on the following link or copying and pasting it into your Web browser:

http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5frskbzgvwt3edt/start

Please feel free to forward the survey link to others who may be interested.

New Report on Children with Special Health Care Needs in Context

Children with Special Health Care Needs in Context: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007, a new report recently released by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, provides an enhanced view of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) by illustrating their health, health care, home and family environments, and school and neighborhood environments compared to their peers without special health care needs. The national and state level findings in this report are based on the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). The following highlights are included:

CSHCN are more likely to have consistent health insurance coverage, but this insurance is less adequate to meet their greater health care needs compared to children without special health care needs.

CSHCN are more likely to be overweight or obese than children without special health care needs.

CSHCN are less likely to be engaged in school and are more likely to have repeated one or more grades compared to their peers without special health care needs.

Just over one-third (36%) of CSHCN meet criteria minimum threshold for receiving quality care, which is characterized by having a medical home, adequate health insurance and having at least one preventive visit in the past year.

Only 23% of CSHCN live in protective home environments compared to 30% of children without special health care needs. A protective home environment includes factors such as eating meals together, limited television watching and whether or not a child is exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke in the home.

Children with and without special health care needs are similarly likely to live in safe and supportive neighborhoods.

How do CSHCN compare to those without special health care needs in your state? Find out today by visiting the D R C State Sna pshots Web page and selecting the "Disparities in Child Health Across Populations" drop down menu.

Visit Us at the 2011 MCH EPI Conference

Come visit our interactive booth to learn more about the NSCH and National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) at the 17th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference in New Orleans from December 14 to 16.

Thank you in advance for your time and input!