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. 2015 Apr 1;19(5):945–957. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1739-5

Table 1.

Title V MCH Services Block Grant–previous national performance and outcome measures

No. Measure
National performance measures
1 The percent of screen positive newborns who received timely follow up to definitive diagnosis and clinical management for condition(s) mandated by their State-sponsored newborn screening programs
2 The percent of children with special health care needs age 0–18 years whose families partner in decision making at all levels and are satisfied with the services they receive (CSHCN survey)
3 The percent of children with special health care needs age 0–18 who receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home (CSHCN Survey)
4 The percent of children with special health care needs age 0–18 whose families have adequate private and/or public insurance to pay for the services they need (CSHCN Survey)
5 Percent of children with special health care needs age 0–18 whose families report the community-based service systems are organized so they can use them easily (CSHCN Survey)
6 The percentage of youth with special health care needs who received the services necessary to make transitions to all aspects of adult life, including adult health care, work, and independence
7 Percent of 19–35 month olds who have received full schedule of age appropriate immunizations against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenza, and Hepatitis B
8 The rate of birth (per 1000) for teenagers aged 15 through 17 years
9 Percent of third grade children who have received protective sealants on at least one permanent molar tooth
10 The rate of deaths to children aged 14 years and younger caused by motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 children
11 The percent of mothers who breastfeed their infants at 6 months of age
12 Percentage of newborns who have been screened for hearing before hospital discharge
13 Percent of children without health insurance
14 Percentage of children, ages 2–5 years, receiving WIC services with a Body Mass Index (BMI) at or above the 85th percentile
15 Percentage of women who smoke in the last 3 months of pregnancy
16 The rate (per 100,000) of suicide deaths among youths aged 15 through 19
17 Percent of very low birth weight infants delivered at facilities for high-risk deliveries and neonates
18 Percent of infants born to pregnant women receiving prenatal care beginning in the first trimester
National outcome measures
1 The infant mortality rate per 1000 live births
2 The ratio of the black infant mortality rate to the white infant mortality rate
3 The neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births
4 The postneonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births
5 The perinatal mortality rate per 1000 live births plus fetal deaths
6 The child death rate per 100,000 children aged 1 through 14