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Reports: Children's health

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, September 2024, 118 pp.
Reports data on a set of indicators of child well-being. Indicators included are in the categories of family and social environment, economic categories, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. This is an annual report. more info >

Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being
Annie E. Casey Foundation, July 2024, 54 pp.
This annual report provides data on 10 indicators of child well-being, by state and for the U.S. States are ranked on each indicator and compared to previous years. more info >

State of Black America
National Urban League, June 2024
Annual report from the National Urban League. The most recent report focuses on the impact of the 1964 Civil Rights, and includes measures related income, education, health, civic engagement, housing, transportation, and public safety for Hispanic, Black, and White populations. Includes metropolitan area rankings of unemployment and income equality. more info >

State of America’s Children Report
Children's Defense Fund, January 2024
This report summarizes the status of America’s children in 11 areas: child population, child poverty, income and wealth inequality, housing and homelessness, child hunger and nutrition, child health, early childhood, education, child welfare, youth justice, and gun violence. more info >

The State of America's Children
Children's Defense Fund, December 2023, 86 pp.
A compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. Report is compiled annually. more info >

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Are Declining Despite Continued Improvements in Well-being Indicators
Child Trends, August 2023, 10 pp.
Recent trends in child and adolescent mental health show worrying increases in depressive and anxiety symptoms and suicide among youth. This brief summarizes these findings and suggests that strong population-level monitoring of mental health — especially through robust data collection — is a vital step toward explaining the divergence between social indicators and mental health outcomes in children and youth. more info >

Diagnosed Developmental Disabilities in Children Aged 3–17 Years: United States, 2019–2021
National Center for Health Statistics, July 2023, 8 pp.
Results from the National Health Interview Survey indicate that during 2019-2021, a significant increase in the prevalence of any diagnosed developmental disability in children aged 3-17 was observed. more info >

Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence
National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA), June 2023, 23 pp.
This report reviews research about why a sense of purpose is important during adolescence, and how adults, schools, and communities can help young people cultivate this internal resource. more info >

Hunger on the Plains 2023
Great Plains Food Bank, March 2023, 146 pp.
This study synthesizes insights from a neighbor experience survey and a survey of food pantry and meal site partners to shed light on the experience of hunger in the Great Plains area. more info >

Big Ideas for Children
First Focus, December 2022, 191 pp.
Part of a series calling upon policy thinkers to provide fresh proposals designed to advance federal policy and improve the health, safety, and well-being of children. more info >

School Health Profiles: Characteristics of Health Programs among Secondary Schools
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, December 2022, 200 pp.
Summarizes results from a national survey measuring school health policies and practices. Profiles include information about health education, physical education, health services, healthy and safe school environment, and family and community involvement. Surveys are conducted every two years. more info >

Household Food Security in the United States in 2021
United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, September 2022, 51 pp.
This report presents statistics from a survey that monitors the extent and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households, examining rates of household food security, food expenditures, and use of Federal nutrition assistance programs in 2021. more info >

Breastfeeding report card -- United States, 2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2022, 9 pp.
This report card provides both national and state-level data which enable communities to monitor breastfeeding progress. more info >

Gaps in Coverage: A Look at Child Health Insurance Trends
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families, November 2021, 10 pp.
The number of uninsured children was on a downward trajectory for many years, but in 2017 started going back up. This issue brief examines the incidence and characteristics of children who experienced a period of uninsurance over the course of a recent year, including by race and ethnicity, and examples some of the negative consequences of gaps in health insurance coverage. more info >

North Dakota Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Priorities 2021-2025
North Dakota Department of Health, October 2021, 9 pp.
This report focuses on the health care needs of different population groups within North Dakota, including pregnant women, mothers and infants to age 1; children and adolescents; and children and youth with special health-care needs. It provides an overview of the state’s challenges and a description of the state's selected priority needs. more info >

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Preventing Early Trauma to Improve Adult Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2021, 4 pp.
A analysis providing comprehensive estimates of the potential to improve Americans’ health by preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Preventing ACEs could potentially reduce chronic diseases, risky health behaviors, and socioeconomic challenges later in life. more info >

Uninsurance Rose among Children and Parents in 2019: National and State Patterns
Urban Institute, July 2021, 34 pp.
Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS), this brief finds that children's uninsurance rates rose between 2016 and 2019 both in states that had implemented the ACA's Medicaid expansion and those that had not. However, the increase was larger in nonexpansion states on average: 7.6 percent of children in nonexpansion states were uninsured, compared with 3.8 percent of children in expansion states. more info >

Poverty and Child Health in the United States
American Academy of Pediatrics, April 2021, 16 pp.
Almost half of young children in the United States live in poverty or near poverty. Poverty and related social determinants of health can lead to adverse health outcomes in childhood and across the life course, negatively affecting physical health, socio-emotional development, and educational achievement. This report consists of a policy statement and a technical report describing current knowledge on child poverty and the mechanisms by which poverty influences the health and well-being of children. more info >

North Dakota Early Childhood Profile
National Center for Children in Poverty, February 2020
Part of a series of state profiles highlighting two-generation state policy choices that promote health, education, and strong families, presented with other data related to the well-being of young children. more info >

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2019, 162 pp.
National survey that monitors six categories of health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults (grades 9-12). The study addresses violence, tobacco and drug use, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors, and physical activity. Includes state-by-state comparisons. more info >

The Effects Of Early Care And Education On Children’s Health
Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, April 2019, 6 pp.
Examines how early child care and education may lead to improvements in short-and long-term health-related outcomes for children. more info >

Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development: The Future of Children Spring 2019
The Brookings Institution and Princeton University, March 2019, 270 pp.
Includes a variety of articles that look at how society can best support parents, beginning early in their children's lives, describing several ways that local communities have tried to provide such support by implementing new interventions, reforming existing systems of care, and improving the coordination and planning of services. more info >

Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together: An Update on the Dunbar Learning Complex
Annie E. Casey Foundation, October 2017, 24 pp.
This report discusses the Dunbar Learning Complex, a two-generation model which aims to create opportunities for low-income families to succeed. Early assessments show positive results, especially in preparing young children for kindergarten and in making sure their health needs are met. more info >

Many Eligible Children Don't Participate in School Nutrition Programs: Reauthorization Offers Opportunities to Improve
Carsey School of Public Policy, July 2015, 4 pp.
This brief uses data from the 2013 Current Population Survey's Food Security Supplement to document levels of participation in school nutrition programs by region and place type to identify areas of expansion. more info >

Building Healthy Schools: Health Impact Assessment on Planning School Construction Projects in Minnesota
Public Health Law Center, January 2015, 127 pp.
A health impact assessment of K-12 school design and its influence on student health. It provides analysis and recommendations on ways schools can influence health through school siting, transportation, nutrition, and physical activity. more info >

Time to Act: Investing in the Health of Our Children and Communities
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2014, 120 pp.
Explores ways to improve the health of Americans by focusing on experiences in early childhood, opportunities that communities provide for people to make health choices, and the mission and incentives of health professionals and health care institutions. more info >

Overview of Adverse Child and Family Experiences among North Dakota Children
North Dakota Department of Health, May 2013, 2 pp.
Prevalence of adverse child or family experiences for North Dakota children. more info >

Blind Spot: The Impact of Missed Early Warning Signs on Children's Mental Health
Center for Children's Advocacy, March 2013, 24 pp.
This study analyzed school records in an effort to identify patterns that could be helpful in designing or strengthening identification and intervention strategies to reduce or prevent serious mental health issues in early adolescence. more info >

Results-based Public Policy Strategies for Promoting Children's Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health
Center for the Study of Social Policy, March 2012, 19 pp.
Presents three overarching policy strategies for ensuring that children's mental health needs are identified and addressed. The paper includes specific examples and ways to ensure and sustain success. more info >

Web sites

Advancing Mobility from Poverty: A Toolkit for Housing and Education Partnerships
This toolkit is intended as a resource to build and advance cross-sector partnerships to accelerate the achievement of shared outcomes related to housing, education, and economic stability for families. more info >

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Presents state and national data on children's health. Indicators include: overall health status, asthma, socio-emotional difficulties, preventive health and dental care, early childhood experience, repetition of grade, reading, and attending religious services. more info >

National Center for Children in Poverty
Research on preventing child poverty and improving the lives of low-income families. Includes poverty statistics and information on child care, welfare reform, and more. more info >

America's Children and the Environment
Presents national data on children's environmental health. Indicators cover conditions in the environment such as air pollution, contaminants measured in children such as blood lead levels, and health conditions such as asthma. more info >

diversitydatakids.org
Presents measures of child wellbeing and policy analysis for states, counties, large cities, and metropolitan areas. more info >