National Agenda: Healthy People 2010
Healthy People is a set of 10-year national health objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Through this initiative, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with states, communities, and many organizations in the public and private sectors, has set goals to “bring better health to all people in this country.
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Family Voices (FV), and the March of Dimes invite all persons and organizations concerned with children and youth with special health care needs to learn more about Healthy People 2010, and to strategize ways to achieve its goal of family-centered, culturally-competent, comprehensive, and coordinated systems of services for all children and youth with special health needs, in every community.
Only by working together at the federal, state, and local levels, and with the public and private sectors can we achieve the goals of Healthy People 2010. For more information, please view the Medical Home & Healthy People 2010 Goals - Fact Sheet.
Every 10 years HHS combines the scientific insights and lessons learned from the past decade with knowledge of current data and innovations to establish health objectives for the coming decade. Healthy People 2020 reflects assessments of major risks to health and wellness, changing public health priorities, and emerging issues related to our nation's health preparedness and prevention. In January 2010, the Healthy People 2020 objectives were released along with guidance for achieving the new 10-year targets.
Healthy People 2010: A National Agenda for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health
Healthy People 2010 represents an extensive document designed to achieve family-centered, culturally-
competent, comprehensive, and coordinated systems of services for all children and youth with special health needs, in every community, by the year 2010. US Department of Health and Human Services. November 2000.
The six critical indicators of progress and the National Centers charged with helping the nation achieve these goals are:
- Children will be screened early and continuously for special health care need.
- Families of CSHCN will participate in decision making at all levels and will be satisfied with the services they receive.
- CSHCN will receive regular ongoing comprehensive care within a medical home.
- Families of CSHCN will have adequate public and/or private insurance to pay for the services they need.
- Community-based service systems will be organized so families can use them easily.
- Youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) will receive the services necessary to make transitions to all aspects of adult life.
- Evidence Base Center for Systems of Care for CYSHCN (Abstract
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A project to improve access to systems of care for CYSHCN and their families through identifying and strengthening the evidence base for systems of care and key outcomes of that care.
Contact Person: Sheila Bloom, MS
E-mail: sbloom1@partners.org
Project Period: May 1, 2005 – April 30, 2009
- Center for Medical Home Improvement
The mission of the Center for Medical Home Improvement (CMHI) is to establish and support networks of parent/professional teams to improve the quality of primary care medical homes for children and youth with special health care needs and their families.
- Communities Can!
A national network of communities who are dedicated to serving all children, including those with or at risk for special needs
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
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nationally affiliated, parent-run organization focused on the needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their families.
- Institute for Child Health Policy
A multi-disciplinary academic unit of the University of Florida that works on issues of health and health care for children and youth. The Institute houses two separate but integrated divisions: one dedicated to research and evaluation, and one dedicated to policy and program affairs.
Center on Financing for CSHCN
Projects include
- Examination of current Medicaid and SCHIP financing and reimbursement strategies to determine their applicability to CYSHCN using national data and person-level claims and encounter data and policy recommendations about the best combination of strategies to use when reimbursing health plans caring for CYSHCN;
- Assessment of how financing strategies affect health plans of different sizes and the enrollment of children with different health care needs;
- Design of financing strategies for children newly enrolling in health plans;
- The development of financing strategies for children who are required to transfer to a new health plan when their previous plan exits the market;
- Design of financing strategies to promote the medical home concept and to reimburse providers caring for CYSHCN;
- Impact of increased cost-sharing on children’s health care use patterns, families’ out-of-pocket spending, and children’s insurance status; and
- Beginning analyses of health care use patterns and expenditures for adolescents with special needs who are transitioning to the adult health care system.
- Institute of Medicine
Crossing the Quality Chasm:
The IOM Health Care Quality Initiative
In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a concerted, ongoing effort focused on assessing and improving the nation’s quality of care. This initiative is is now in its third phase.
- The Maternal and Child Health Policy Research Center
A health policy group that provides federal and state policymakers, public health officials, and provider and family organizations with analysis of financing and service delivery issues affecting children and adolescents.
- NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses. Local affiliates and state organizations identify and work on issues most important to their community and state.
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
The Minnesota Parent Center is a statewide project designed to help families and schools build stronger ties to benefit students. The Minnesota Parent Center provides free training, individual assistance, and information handouts.
- Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
This non-profit organization provides support and resources to CSHCN and families in San Francisco and offers a wealth of resources on its Web site, including information to help families, professionals, and the community to navigate the maze of legislation that governs the delivery of services to CSHCN.
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