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 Web-Based
Interactive Data Access Tool for Vital Statistics Available
New
Child Health and Safety Report Finds That Canada, United States,
and Mexico Share Critical Health Problems
New
Campaign Celebrates Staying Teen
Smart
Growth Conference Power Point Presentations Available
Report
Grades Protection of Legal Rights for Foster Children
New
Report Tells that More than a Third of Rural Children Rely on SCHIP
Create
Customized Tables of Statistics of Poor Children
Statewide
Child Injury Prevention Plan in Development
Web-Based
Interactive Data Access Tool for Vital Statistics Available
The Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) of the National Center for
Health Statistics has launched VitalStats, a new Web-based data
access and analysis tool for Vital Statistics. VitalStats gives
users access to a collection of interactive pre-built tables, and
the ability to build their own interactive tables, choosing from
more than 100 public-use birth variables. Interactive charting and
mapping tools are a key part of the system, and provide powerful
options for visualizing and manipulating tabulated data. VitalStats
includes birth data for 2000 - 2004. DVS plans to add perinatal
and mortality data this year, with a goal of making all DVS data
available.
Go
to VitalStats.
New
Child Health and Safety Report Finds That Canada, United States,
and Mexico Share Critical Health Problems
A new
report that examines the current health status and emerging health
trends among the 120 million children in North America—Growing
Up in North America: Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United
States, and Mexico—reveals that the three countries share
a number of problematic health trends among their children.
This
report examines 58 health and safety indicators and finds surprising
similarities across the continent on several child health measures,
including increasing rates of obesity, respiratory illness and chemical
exposure.
The
report, published in English, Spanish, and French, is available
at www.childreninnorthamerica.org.
Information on all the health and safety indicators, population,
migration, education, and economic data, as well as supplemental
material, also is available on the Web site.
New
Campaign Celebrates Staying Teen
The
National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy recently announced "Stay
Teen," a new Web site and public service ad campaign for teens.
Rather than telling teens what not to do, "Stay Teen"
encourages youth to enjoy their teen years, embrace who they are
right now, and revel in the fact that they don't have the responsibilities
of pregnancy and parenting. The ads rely on peers talking to one
another about why it's important to delay pregnancy and parenthood.
the
campaign's central idea: "You're a teen. Stay that way."
Visit
stayteen.org to watch
new video ads by teens, take a quiz to test your knowledge about
teen pregnancy, and learn tips for developing healthy relationships.
And
don't forget about Georgia's campaign to achieve a 15-percent reduction
in the adolescent pregnancy rate for girls ages 15-19 by year 2015.
Visit Georgia Campaign for Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) to learn how to get involved
in local prevention programs and initiatives in your community.
Smart
Growth Conference Power Point Presentations Available
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference Program The 2007 New
Partners for Smart Growth Conference, held in Los Angeles, Ca in
February, hosted more than 1,500 people from across the country
for three full days of presentations, discussions, and information
sharing. PowerPoint presentations from the conference have been
made available as PDF files courtesy of the Local Government Commission
and other presenters. Visit the website listed above for detailed
information on the conference program and the PowerPoint presentations
available for downloading.
Report
Grades Protection of Legal Rights for Foster Children
First Star recently issued a report recently that compiles data
on legal representation for abused and neglected foster children.
The report provides a grade for every state—15 of which (including
NH) receive failing grades for systemic protection of legal rights
of foster children. First Star is a national public charity dedicated
to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect.
Access
the report on a www.firststar.org.
New Report Tells that More
than a Third of Rural Children Rely on SCHIP
The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire released
a summary sheet in May titled "Rural Children Increasingly Rely
on Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Programs for Medical
Care" by William O'Hare.
Download
the summary sheet.
Create Customized Tables
of Statistics of Poor Children
Use the Demographics Wizard on the National Center for Children
in Poverty (NCCP) Web site to create custom tables of national-
and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children. Choose
areas of interest, such as parental education, parental employment,
marital status, and race/ethnicity-among many other variables.
NCCP
is the nation's leading public policy center dedicated to promoting
the economic security, health, and well-being of America's low-income
families and children.
Go
to the Demographics
Wizard.
Statewide Child Injury Prevention Plan
in Development
Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability to children
under 18 years of age in Georgia. Many of these injuries are preventable.
In an effort to reduce childhood injuries to Georgia's children,
the Georgia Office of Child Fatality Review (OCFR) and the Injury
Prevention Section of the Division of Public Health are leading
the process to develop a statewide child injury prevention plan.
The process, which began in October 2006, will take place over a
two-year period. Sarah O'Leary, a prevention specialist whose position
was secured from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), provides
support for analysis of the state injury data and writing of the
plan.
The
consequences of child fatality and disability due to injury are
costly and impact Georgia's families and communities. Every year
approximately 700 children die due to injuries, more than 5,000
children are hospitalized, and more than 200,000 are seen in emergency
departments. In addition to the physical losses due to death and
disability, there are emotional consequences, and economic costs
at the individual, local and state level. These injuries can be
attributed to a variety of causes, including motor vehicle related
incidents, drowning, assaults, fires, and falls, to name a few.
Many injuries are preventable, with proven interventions that can
be used to impact this problem.
The
development of the statewide child injury prevention plan will be
data-driven and follow a dynamic process, engaging stakeholders
and identifying proven interventions. Several Georgia data sources
will be analyzed to understand the extent of the problem on specific
age groups, and identify risk factors. Special attention will be
given to examining disparities within the Georgia population.
Evidenced-based
interventions will be researched, compiled and linked to prevention
needs identified in the data. Interventions will be evaluated for
cost-benefits as well as their workability for communities. The
plan will include tools or worksheets to assist communities in choosing
appropriate prevention activities. As the plan is developed and
implemented, current prevention efforts at the state and local level
will be identified and nurtured, with a focus on complementing and
enhancing local and regional efforts in child injury prevention.
A draft
of the plan is expected to be available for review by Sept. 1. The
draft plan will be disseminated to interested stakeholders at the
state and local level for review and comment, before proceeding
to a final plan.
For
information on Georgia's injury prevention and programs, visit health.state.ga.us/programs/injuryprevention
and Georgia's
Office of Child Fatality Review.
Or
e-mail O'Leary at saoleary@dhr,state,ga,us.
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