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Resources by Topic: Children and youth

Wildfire Risk to Communities
Offers interactive maps, charts, and resources showing risk of wildfire at the city, county, or state level. Includes impact to vulnerable populations such as those in poverty, with limited transportation, by age, with a disability, and more. Includes recommended actions for reducing risk for community members, elected officials, healthcare services, and more.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organizations: Headwaters Economics, Pyrologix LLC, Rocky Mountain Research Station's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
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South Carolina County Health Profiles
Dashboard providing interactive county health data. Covers births, prenatal care, infant mortality, chronic disease, health behaviors, demographics, healthcare access, and more. Allows county-by-county comparisons.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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Mississippi Statistically Automated Health Resource System (MSTAHRS)
Database providing vital records data for the state of Mississippi. Covers births, pregnancy, deaths, early elective delivery, infant deaths, population, marriage, and divorce. Data can be queried by year, age group, race, ethnicity, place of residence, and more.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Smart Moo-ve Nourishing Brains, Bones and Bodies Toolkit
A toolkit geared toward rural healthcare providers to ensure pediatric patients are being educated on USDA MyPlate nutrition guidelines. Educational materials such as a storybook, coloring book, handouts, and more are free to users after filling out a form.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Midwest Dairy
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Cultivate Safety
Website offering resources on health and safety for youth in agricultural settings, including consideration of both working and non-working youth. Offers guidelines for supervisors of working youth under 18, video demonstrations, hazard mapping tools, agritourism safety information, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center
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Alabama Public Health Statistical Query System
Database of information on births and deaths in Alabama, using Alabama Center for Health Statistics data beginning in the year 1990. Natality and mortality data can be queried by county, race, sex, age group, and more.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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New Mexico Home Visiting Surveillance Report 2018-2020
Surveyed people that gave birth between 2018 and 2020 in New Mexico about their experiences with home visiting services. Includes rural and urban comparisons.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Let's Get Healthy California Goals
Dashboard of data for a variety of health indicators for California residents. Evaluates child health and well-being, chronic diseases, substance use, mental health, end of life, access to healthcare, social determinants of health, and the cost of healthcare. Includes rural and county-level data throughout.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Arkansas State Health Improvement Plan 2021-2025
Offers data on Arkansas health in 5 priority areas: access to care, behavioral health, infectious disease and vaccinations, maternal and infant health, and obesity. Discusses trends over time and identifies action steps to improve health indicators. Includes rural-specific considerations throughout.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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The Rural Youth Apprenticeship Development Project: Integrated KT Strategies for Disability Stakeholder Engagement in Rural Communities
Describes the Rural Youth Apprenticeship Development (RYAD) program, a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange project that supports vocational rehabilitation agencies in the creation of apprenticeship programs for youth with disabilities. Discusses interagency collaboration and mentorship, communication strategy, community engagement, and contribution to a toolkit of resources for developing apprenticeship programs.
Author(s): Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research
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