NCEMCH worked in partnership with MCHB to educate policymakers, program planners, health care providers and public health leaders about the new knowledge generated from its research program investments. NCEMCH convened Research Roundtables, implemented a conference on research priorities, and generated publications to disseminate research findings.
MCH Research to Practice is a periodic newsletter developed in cooperation with the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau Research Program, has two objectives: (1) to foster the application of findings from MCHB-supported research projects to maternal and child health (MCH) practice and (2) to explicate selected concepts in health services delivery that influence the organization and delivery of MCH services. The intended audience is primarily - but not exclusively - the state, county, and city directors of MCH programs and special health care needs programs. Each issue of the newsletter will consists of an article on a completed MCHB-supported research project or a conceptual paper.
MCH Research Exchange is a periodic newsletter of the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Research Program, serves two broad purposes: to inform the MCH community about the research program and to foster an open dialogue among members. The newsletter typically features information on key issues such as MCHB research priorities, the grant&endash;review process, summaries of newly funded research grants, synopses of grantees' findings recently published in peer-reviewed journals, and a special-focus column by the director of the MCHB Research Program.
Research Roundtables are a series of lunchtime conferences, highlight findings from selected research studies supported by MCHB. The roundtables provide a forum in which principal investigators who have conducted research projects of broad interest to the MCH community can present a summary of their research and key findings. An in-depth discussion with roundtable participants follows each presentation
Maternal and Child Health Research Program: Completed Projects are a series of publications that summarize the research
projects supported by the MCHB Research Program during specific
fiscal years. The active projects publications contain a summary
of each active research project and a preaward evaluation synopsis
of each newly funded project. The completed projects publications
feature abstracts of and findings from projects that have submitted
final reports, as well as a description of the publications, presentations,
and abstracts generated by each project. The active and completed
publications include analytic data on the types of research conducted
by grantees as well as on specific program indicators or highlights
of the research program.
Maternal and Child Health Research Program: Active Projects are a series of publications that contain a summary of the research projects supported by the MCHB Research Program during specific fiscal years. The active projects publications contain a summary of each active research project and a preaward evaluation synopsis of each newly funded project. The completed projects publications feature abstracts and findings of projects that have submitted final reports, as well as a description of the "products" (publications, presentations, and abstracts) generated by each project. The active and completed publications include analytic data on the types of research conducted by grantees as well as on specific program indicators or highlights of the Research Program.
Proceedings of the Fourth National Title V Maternal and Child Health Research Priorities Conference (1996) describes the MCH research priorities identified by a representative MCH advisory group convened in 1994. The conference recommended a research agenda to guide the applied MCH research activities for the nation through the year 2000 and beyond. The expanded agenda places greater emphasis on the health needs of mothers and children in minority populations, women's health beyond perinatal issues, the significant role of fathers, the effect of society's increasing violence on the development of children, and the impact of managed care and health&endash;systems issues.