Children
(Niños)
On this page:
Tools
(Herramientas)
- Insure Kids Now!
Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- MedlinePlus: Salud del niño
Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
- MedlinePlus: Obesidad en niños
Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
- Find a Health Center
The Bureau of Primary Health Care Service Delivery Sites tool allows users to search for health centers, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and other Bureau of Primary Health Care service delivery sites, by location. These health centers provide free and low-cost health services. Services include primary medical, obstetrical and gynecological, dental, mental health and substance abuse care, other types of medical and support services.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
- Knowledge Path: Spanish-Language Health Resources
A guide of high-quality Spanish-language health resources for health professionals and consumers. The collection covers a wide range of health topics, each with a section that focuses on topics of interest to families and professionals in the maternal and child health (MCH) community.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
- Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program
A tool designed to help Medicaid and state maternal and child health (MCH) agencies identify opportunities for working together to ensure children's access to and receipt of the full range of EPSDT program services.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- California County Data Book 2007
Provides county-level data on children's health in California.
Success Stories
(Historias de éxito)
- Wellness Partnership for a Healthy McKinley County
This project involved an innovative education program that used high school students to mentor elementary students in diabetes prevention techniques with the goal to improve the wellness of the community by developing healthy living skills in the 10-to 12-year-old population, and specifically to incorporate diabetes awareness activities into this target group's school day.
Funding
(Financiamiento)
- CIGNA Foundation Grants
Targeted grants in five areas: Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Disparities in Health Care, and Connection Between a Healthy Mind & Body.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: CIGNA Foundation
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
Funding supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 29, 2010
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program
Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 29, 2010
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
- El Paso Community Foundation Grants
Grant priorities are Health and Disabilities, Human Services (basic human needs) and Public Benefit.
Geographic Coverage: West Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Grants
Grants for people in need including the elderly, disabled adults and/or children, as well as women, youth and families.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Sep 8, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Regional Community Health Grants Program
This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Aetna Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program
Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 8, 2010
Sponsor: American Dental Association
- Saucony Run for Good Program
Grants to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 13, 2009
Sponsor: Saucony
- St. Luke's Health Initiatives Community Grants
Grants to provide funding that strengthens the capacity of organizations and communities to improve access to care and better health for Arizona's most vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grants
Grants to programs that support children, older adults, healthcare and medical research,
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo Arizona Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo California Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo New Mexico Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo Texas Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: Texas
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Publications
(Publicaciones)
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Access to Health Care Among Hispanic/Latino Children: United States, 1998 - 2001
Presents national estimates on access to health care for five subgroups of Hispanic/Latino children in the United States: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Hispanic. For comparison, estimates are also presented for non-Hispanic white children.
Author(s): Gulnur Scott, Hanyu Ni
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 05 / 2004
Format: PDF
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And the Journey Continues: Achieving Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Systems Serving Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and their Families
Offers insights and lessons learned by the National Center for Cultural Competence and provides success stories from State Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs programs.
Author(s): Tawara D. Goode, Wendy Jones, Suzanne Bronheim, Clare Dunne
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Cultural Competence
Date: 2007
Format: PDF
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Breastfeeding - A Healthy Start for Mom and Baby
Provides information about the benefits of breastfeeding to both baby and mother.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2006
Format: HTML
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Children in Immigrant Families - The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
Draws on results of Census 2000 data to take a closer look at children in immigrant families. Highlights the proportion, dispersion, national origins, language, and early education of children in newcomer families, both for the United States as a whole and in various states.
Author(s): Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, Suzanne E. Macartney
Sponsoring organization: Child Trends
Date: 04 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Disparities in Children's Health Care Quality: Selected Examples from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports, 2008
This fact sheet discusses differences between groups in terms of relative rates, which is the ratio of the comparison group (e.g., Black) to a baseline group (e.g., White).
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 06 / 2009
Format: HTML
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Family Guide to Systems of Care for Children With Mental Health Needs
Provides information to help parents and caregivers seek help for children with mental health needs. Available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Guía Para La Familia de Systems of Care Para la Salud Mental de sus Hijos
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: HTML
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The Health of the California Region Bordering Mexico
Discusses the indicators from the Healthy Border 2010 program along the California border region.
Author(s): Alvaro Garza, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, India J. Ornelas
Sponsoring organization: Springerlink
Journal citation: Journal of Immigrant Health Volume: 15 Issue: 29 Pages: 137-144
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States - Mexico Border
Provides an overview of a specific set of health indicators on the U.S. - Mexico border.
Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Shelter in the Desert: The Center for Family Solutions
The Center for Family Solutions taps into local resources in California's poorest county to provide shelter and educational opportunities for homeless women and their
children.
Author(s): Barbara M. Shaver
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
Date: 2007
Format: HTML
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A Snapshot of Children on the California Border
A fact sheet covering various issues children face on the California-Mexico border.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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Southwest Border KIDS COUNT Pocket Guide: A Snapshot of Children Living on the Southwest Border
Presents the characteristics of the border population state-by-state and county-by-county with a focus on the children. Includes information on: Population and demographic characteristics, Health, Parental employment, Education, Language fluency, Foreign-born status and time of arrival, and Poverty rates.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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The Toxic Border
Discusses the prevalence of anencephaly amongst children living along the U.S.-Mexico border and the environmental factors contributing to this crisis.
Author(s): Dan Oko
Date: 11 / 2001
Format: HTML
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The U.S./Mexico Border: Demographic, Socio-Economic, and Health Issues Profile I
Identifies the subgroups within the Latino population. Provides demographics, socio-economic statistics and other characteristics of the Latino population living along the U.S. Mexico Border.
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The Unique Challenges to the Well-Being of California’s Border Kids
Presents indicators of children’s health, education, and economic wellbeing for communities on the California side of the California-Mexico border
Author(s): Heather Barondess, Corey Newhouse
Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
Date: 06 / 2007
Format: PDF
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WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight
Examines trends in the relationship between WIC participation and weight status by updating the results of Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity.
Author(s): Michele Ver Ploeg
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 04 / 2009
Format: HTML
Journals
(Revistas)
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MCH Alert
Provides timely reference to research, findings, policy developments, recently released publications, new programs, and initiatives affecting the maternal and child health (MCH) community. This is a free, weekly electronic newsletter.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
Organizations
(Organismos)
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Centro Nacional de Diseminación de Información para Niños con Discapacidades
El Centro Nacional de Diseminación de Información para Niños con Discapacidades proporciona información sobre las discapacidades en niños y jóvenes menores de 22 años de edad.
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La Leche League International
Helps mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. Information available in Spanish.
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La Liga de la Leche
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National Head Start Association
National school readiness program in the United States which provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.
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National Healthy Start Association
Promotes the development of community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those addressing the issues of infant mortality, low birthweight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes.
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New Mexico Child Support Enforcement Division
Provides assistance to parents or persons with custody of a child who need help establishing a child support or medical support order or collecting support payments.
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United Way y la Comunidad Latina
La misión de United Way es mejorar la calidad de vida por medio de la movilización de la capacidad humanitaria y caritativa de las comunidades.
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UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation
The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of life for children who have health care needs not covered by their commercial health insurance.
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