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 Scientific
and Technical Assistance
Patient Flow Analysis (PFA) and PFA for
Windows (WinPFA)
WinPFA is the new Windows-compatible update of PFA. These are software systems
that document staff (or personnel) use and client (or patient)
flow in health service clinics. In addition, PFA will calculate service costs
when the specified data is provided.
Framework
for Program Evaluation in Public Health
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Effective program evaluation is a systematic way to improve and account
for public health actions by involving procedures that are useful,
feasible, ethical, and accurate. The framework guides public health
professionals in their use of program evaluation. It is a practical,
nonprescriptive tool, designed to summarize and organize essential
elements of program evaluation. The framework comprises steps in program
evaluation practice and standards for effective program evaluation. This
report presents a framework for understanding program evaluation and
facilitating integration of evaluation throughout the public health
system. Source: MMWR Sept. 17, 1999 / Vol. 48 / No. RR-11
Reproductive Health Epidemiology Workshop
The Division of Reproductive Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed an
international Reproductive Health Epidemiology Workshop for clinicians,
researchers, public health professionals, and other persons who want to do
surveillance and epidemiologic studies in reproductive and maternal and
child health.
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Overview of PRAMS and surveillance summary reports
A surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific,
population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences prior to,
during and immediately following pregnancy.
Prevalence
of Selected Maternal Behaviors and Experiences, Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1999
Recent findings from the Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) are presented for unintended
pregnancy, late or no entry into prenatal care, smoking during the
last three months of pregnancy, physical abuse during pregnancy,
breastfeeding, and for sleeping on your back. These findings can be
used to develop programs for populations at risk, direct policy
decisions, and measure progress toward Healthy People 2010
objectives. Visit
PRAMS for more information.
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program
(MCHEP)
The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
Program (MCHEP), is a collaborative effort between CDC and the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). MCHEP provides financial and
technical support to states, and in some cases, time-limited assignments
of senior epidemiologists to state maternal and child health programs. At
an annual workshop, MCHEP offers epidemiology training opportunities and
information.
Investigating clusters of health events
Clusters of health events may be identified by
an ongoing surveillance system, but more often they are reported by
concerned citizens or groups. Although health agencies must respond to
these reports, little guidance has been available to them. These
guidelines focus on noninfectious health events such as chronic diseases,
injuries, and birth defects.
Global
programs
These global programs provide
technical assistance to countries through international survey activities,
logistics guidelines, and publications. (Links to Global Perspectives
page.)
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