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Project Name: National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Center (U59)
Applicant Title: Johns Hopkins University, The
Abstract Text: Address: 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205 Project Director Name: Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH Phone Number: xxx-xxx-xxxx Email: xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx Website Address: CAHMI: www.cahmi.org; DRC: www.childhealthdata.org Grant program funds requested: $4,500,000 Introduction: The purpose of the National Maternal and (MCH) Health Data Resource Center (DRC) is to support Title V programs and MCH partners to access and effectively use National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data to improve MCH outcomes and ensure public access and use of NSCH data and methodological documents through an easy-to-use web platform. The Need: Title V programs and other national, state and local partners require easy access to valid, relevant, and actionable NSCH data to: (1) measure and understand disparities and advance child health equity; (2) evaluate services and demonstrate quality performance; (3) raise awareness and develop key partnerships to meet needs; and (4) advance knowledge and create evidence on the impact of MCH programming. Barriers addressed by the DRC include financial, knowledge and technical capacity limitations to the effective and efficient use of NSCH data. The DRC centralizes work to validly construct measures, create interactive, queryable data findings and easy to use datasets and methods resources so Title V and all MCH partners can use NSCH data to understand needs, plan programs and document and improve their performance. The MCHB strategic goals most advanced by the DRC are to achieve heath equity for MCH populations and to strengthen the public health capacity and workforce for MCH. The DRC also advances Healthy People 2030 objectives. Objectives: Sixteen activities and 62 associated tasks are proposed to achieve 9 project objectives: 1. Provide timely, public access to yearly NSCH data findings through an online data query and related educational resources, coded datasets, codebooks and across state maps and comparison tables 2. Maintain, monitor and continuously improve the functionality of the DRC website, digital resources and support materials 3. Expand the capacity of the DRC data query to enable key NSCH indicators to be viewed across multiple years of data (trending feature) 4. By 2028, develop at least 2 new DRC query indicators, pertaining to health equity and/or social determinants of health with relevant supporting materials 5. Proactively provide targeted, personalized and timely technical assistance and training on NSCH data use to at least 15 Title V programs 6. Annually, increase the use of all publicly available DRC digital resources by at least 5% from prior year reported use 7. Annually, collaborate with relevant MCHB-funded resource and technical assistance centers to conduct at least one targeted communication effort 8. Evaluate and monitor goals and objectives and ensure alignment with program priorities 9. Coordinate and conduct activities to coordinate and manage DRC related technical, analytic, IT network, software, dissemination and operational processes essential to the DRC. Methods: Key activities and tasks to meet objectives and project outputs and outcomes will be guided by CAHMI’s (1) “Data In Action” multi-stage measurement development, data production and dissemination methods and IT systems (Objectives 1-4); “Engagement In Action” approach to technical assistance, training and outreach based on design-based, adult learning principles (Objectives 5-7); and 3) Both agile and adaptive planning management principles to drive timely, quality results. We will coordinate with MCHB, DRC partners and JHU administration in progress and performance reports to HRSA and conduct real time monitoring continuous quality improvement using 28 evaluation metrics to determine success to achieve DRC objectives. Central to our management approach is ongoing documentation and staff cross-training to enable DRC sustainability over time.