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This fact sheet summarizes new grants and contracts-including research, conference, and training initiatives-funded in FY 2007 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in child and adolescent health care.
These articles and publications publicize knowledge about significant findings resulting from AHRQ-supported intramural and extramural research focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for children and adolescents. This current list covers selected articles and abstracts published between January 2005 and March 2010. This list will be updated periodically.
This page links to documents that describe AHRQ activities related to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and other useful Web resources on SCHIP.
This report provides summary information and guidance on accessing and using the child health data sets and measurement tools available through AHRQ.
Articles and publications about significant findings resulting from AHRQ-supported intramural and extramural research focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for children and adolescents.
This fact sheet summarizes new grants and contracts focused on child and adolescent health and health care-including research, conference, and training projects, as well as other initiatives-funded in FY 2011 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Changes in the delivery of chronic care for children with asthma can improve the appropriate use of medications, and treatment strategies focused on the needs of racial and ethnic minorities can reduce asthma care disparities, according to research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and others.
To prevent rickets, dark-skinned infants and children who are fed only breast milk should receive 400 IU of vitamin D supplementation daily, beginning by at least 2 months of age
Initiatives to reduce disparities in care for children with asthma.
In building on its research on child health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded grants starting in Fiscal Year 1999 that focus on outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. AHRQ was formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
New initiatives from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in child and adolescent health care are summarized, focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care. Goals are described for each study.
In building on its research on child health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded grants starting in Fiscal Year 1997 that focus on outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. AHRQ was formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
This fact sheet summarizes new grants and contracts-including research, conference, and training initiatives-funded in FY 2008 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in child and adolescent health care.
In Fiscal Year 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) committed over $22 million of total support over the lives of the projects for new intramural and extramural research projects. This fact sheet summarizes AHRQ initiatives in child and adolescent health care focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care.
In Fiscal Year 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supported $9.9 million over the life of new intramural and extramural research projects, including grants, contracts, and interagency agreements. This fact sheet summarizes AHRQ initiatives in child and adolescent health care focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care.
This fact sheet summarizes AHRQ-funded child and adolescent health care studies focusing on AHRQ's three strategic goals: outcomes; quality and patient safety; and cost, use and access. It also summarizes AHRQ's support for capacity building in research, education, and dissemination. In Fiscal Year 2002, AHRQ announced support for $16 million over the life of all new intramural and extramural research grants, contracts, and inter-agency agreements.
This fact sheet summarizes AHRQ-funded studies focusing on child health care outcomes; quality and patient safety; and cost, use and access. It also summarizes AHRQ's support for capacity building in research, education and dissemination. In Fiscal Year 2001, AHRQ announced support for $16 million in new research and training grants, contracts, and Inter-Agency Agreements on children's health care issues over the life of the projects.
In building on its research on child health, AHRQ funded grants starting in Fiscal Year 2000 that focus on outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access, AHRQ's three strategic goals. This fact sheet also summarizes AHRQ's fiscal year 2000 support for capacity building in research and for dissemination. In fiscal year 2000, AHRQ announced support for $20 million in new research grants and contracts and $1.1 in new research training grants on children's health care issues.
This fact sheet describes the Child Health Care Quality Toolbox, an online resource to help measure the quality of child health care programs.
Resources for schools and parents from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help children with asthma.
This document briefly presents selected findings from intramural and extramural child health research of AHRQ.
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) recommends that children with persistent asthma use daily drug therapy to prevent airway swelling and, if an asthma attack occurs, to ease airway constriction. Consistent treatment at home and school can prevent attacks and minimize the need for emergency hospital care. To date, however, medical knowledge has not been enough to ensure that children get basic, high-quality asthma care.
A series of presentations on child health research issues.
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