Children’s healthy development depends in part on their physical health. The research states that children, prenatal through age 5, need to have access to comprehensive health care, such as having continuous health care coverage to maintain a medical and dental home, health education for parents, and timely immunizations for their children. In addition to these prevention efforts, much more needs to be done to ensure that all children grow up healthy.

Unnatural Causes Documentary Series


Unnatural Causes draws attention to the root causes of health and illness and helps reframe the debate about health in America.

www.unnaturalcauses.org/ask_the_experts.php

Various reports on the impact of the Children’s Health Initiative in Santa Clara County.


This is a link to a set of evaluation reports on Santa Clara County’s Children Health Initiative. The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative (CHI) is an innovative effort to expand health insurance coverage of children in the county. CHI has two parts. The first is a new insurance product, Healthy Kids, which covers children in households with income up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level who are ineligible for the two major state insurance programs—Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. The second is a comprehensive outreach campaign that finds uninsured children and enrolls them in the appropriate program.
www.mathematica-mpr.com/health/chi.asp

Health Status of the Latino Population Santa Clara County (2006)
A fact sheet on the health status of Latinos in Santa Clara County from the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health. Health topics include maternal and infant health, mortality rates, chronic diseases, substance abuse, obesity, etc.
Health Status of the Latino Population » (pdf, 186 KB)

Children’s Dental Health in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties: Overview of Current Needs and Activities (2006)
Advocates, service providers, funders, and government agencies have focused new attention on children’s dental health in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in recent years. While the vast majority of children in these counties have dental insurance coverage, dental disease is common and severe for some. And children – particularly low-income children – often go untreated. Although there are major challenges to remedying the problem, significant opportunities exist to expand prevention efforts, bolster local collaboration, and improve children’s oral health.
Dental Health Report by Lucile Packard Foundation » (pdf, 184 KB)

Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Needs in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (2005)
The goal of this report is to identify and outline issues related to the top health issues for expectant mothers, children and adolescents in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County.
Maternal Child Adolescents Health Needs Report » (pdf, 1.5 MB)

2005 Santa Clara County Children’s Report: Key Indicators of Well-being
This report provides the community with extensive data about the wellbeing of our children and highlights disparities across health, social welfare, education, and juvenile justice indicators by age, gender, and ethnicity.
Santa Clara County Children's Report 2005 » (pdf, 2.5 MB)

California County Data Book (2005)
Published every two years, the County Data Book contains the most recently available county-level statistics on California children’s education, health, family economics and welfare. The 2005 County Data Book profiles each of California’s 58 counties on 26 measures of children’s well-being. It also includes 33 county ranking charts, for county-by-county comparison, and a 2005 California Profile, which includes data on those and other indicators for the state as a whole.
California County Data Book 2005 » (pdf, 3.7 MB)

Addressing Social-Emotional Development and Infant Mental Health in Early Childhood Systems (2004)
This report presents an overview of infant mental health (IMH) and the principles that need to be considered when building systems to meet the social and emotional needs of young children. Because there are varying levels of needs for IMH services, as well as multiple ways in which children and families may access IMH services, and different pathways into the IMH service system, it is necessary to show a continuum of service delivery approaches that states can consider as they begin to develop and improve the performance of an infant mental health service system.
Infant Mental Health in Early Childhood Systems 2004 » (pdf, 624 KB)

School Readiness for ALL Children: Ensuring that Children with Disabilities or Other Special Needs Are Included in California’s School Readiness Efforts (2004)
This brief presents (1) definitions and descriptions of children with disabilities, (2) information on how School Readiness (SR) Programs can address children with disabilities and other special needs through the five “Essential and Coordinated Elements,” and (3) how laws, research, information, resources and best practices for children with disabilities and other special needs fit into this existing model. This brief provides an overview of the many different strategies presented in the literature and service systems focused on young children with disabilities and other special needs and their families.
Disabilities Brief » (pdf, 384 KB)

Health and Social Services – Compendium of Resources (2004)
A list of references to research studies and practical resources regarding health and social services issues facing young children.
Health and Social Services Compendium of Resources » (pdf, 184 KB)