The topics in the National Survey of Children’s Health include:
- Child and family demographics
- Children’s physical and
mental health status
- Health insurance status and
type of coverage
- Access and use of health care
services
- Medical home
- Early childhood-specific
information (0-5 years)
- Middle childhood and
adolescent-specific information (6-17 years)
- Family health and activities
- Parental health status
- Parent’s perceptions of
neighborhood characteristics
The topics in the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
include:
- Child’s health and functional
status
- Child’s health insurance
status and adequacy of coverage
- Access to health care —
including types of health care services needed and any unmet needs for
care
- Care coordination
- Family-centeredness of
child’s health care
- Impact of child’s health on
family