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Calendar Year 2007 Results

Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)

2007 CHAMP Topics

CHAMP 2007 Annual Results Technical Notes

General Health (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Would you say that in general the health of (CHILD) is:

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Birth Characteristics (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Was (CHILD) born before {his/her} due date?
• How many weeks or months was he/she born early?

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Weight (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Weight for Age Categories (Revised 4/14/2009)
• BMI for Age Categories
• How did you arrive at (CHILD)'s height? Would you say…
• How did you arrive at (CHILD)'s weight? Would you say…

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Breast Feeding (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Was (CHILD) breastfed for any length of time?
• For how many days, weeks, or months was (CHILD) breastfed?
• During the time (CHILD) was breastfed, was (he/she) fed breast milk ONLY or was (CHILD) sometimes fed formula?
• Did his/her doctors or health providers give you any help or encouragement for breastfeeding?

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Early Childhood Development (see results for 2006, 2005)

• How concerned are you with how (CHILD) talks and makes speech sounds?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} understands what you say?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} uses {his/her}hands and fingers to do things?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} uses {his/her}arms and legs?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} behaves?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} gets along with others?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} is learning to do things for (himself/herself)?
• How concerned are you with how {he/she} is learning pre-school or school skills, such as learning to read?

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Health Care Access and Utilization (see results for 2006, 2005)

• During the past 12 months was there any time when {he/she} was not covered by ANY health insurance?
• What was the MAIN reason that (CHILD) did/does not have health insurance coverage?
• During the past 12 months, how many times did (CHILD) go to a hospital emergency room for health care, including emergency room visits that resulted in a hospital admission?
• What kind of place does (CHILD) go to most often for sick care:
• When (CHILD) needs a shot or a check-up, where do you usually take {him/her}?
• During the past 12 months did (CHILD) receive all the medical care you felt he or she needed?
• What was the MAIN reason (CHILD) did not get all the medical care that {he/she} needed?
• During the past 12 months, did you delay or not get a medicine that a doctor prescribed for (CHILD) because of cost or lack of insurance?
• Do you have one or more persons you think of as the personal doctor or nurse for (CHILD)?
• The best communication with a personal doctor or nurse requires that they listen carefully to you, provide you the information you need, and respect your needs and requests. How would you rate the communication between you and CHILD's personal doctor or nurse?
• Preventive care visits include things like a Well Child check-up, a routine physical exam, immunizations, or health screening tests? During the past 12 months has (CHILD) had a preventive care visit, or Well Child check-up?
• Child currently does not have or at some point in the past 12 months did not have insurance

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Immunizations

• In the last 12 months, have you delayed or not had (CHILD) immunized because of concerns about the safety of vaccines?

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School Performance (see results for 2006, 2005)

• During the past 12 months, about how many days did (CHILD) miss school because of illness or injury?
• Since starting kindergarten, has {he/she} repeated any grades?
• How would you describe CHILD's grades in school over the past 12 months? Would you say they were MOSTLY…

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Asthma (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Has a doctor ever told you that (CHILD) has asthma?
• Does (CHILD) still have asthma?
• During the past 12 months, has (CHILD) had to visit a hospital emergency room or urgent care clinic because of {his/her} asthma?
• Is (CHILD) using a medicine every day, (such as a Beclovent, Azmacort, Pulmicort, Flovent, Advair, Singulair, or Vanceril inhaler) that was prescribed by a doctor to keep {him/her} from having asthma problems?
• Does (CHILD) use a rescue medication SUCH AS Albuterol, Alupent, Ventolin, Proventil, Xopenex or Maxair inhaler?
• During the past 12 months, how many days of daycare or school did (CHILD) miss due to asthma?
• Has a doctor or other health professional ever given you an asthma management plan for (CHILD}?
• At school, is (CHILD) allowed to self administer emergency medication for asthma?

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Child Health Conditions (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that (CHILD) had diabetes or high blood sugar?
• Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that (CHILD) has borderline or pre-diabetes?
• Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that (CHILD) has high blood pressure?

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Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Does (CHILD) need or use more medical care (If age 2 yrs or older, INCLUDE phrase: "mental health or educational services")
  than is usual for most children of the same age?
• Is the need of (CHILD) for medical care (If age 2 yrs or older, INCLUDE phrase: "mental health or educational services")
  because of ANY medical, behavioral, or other health condition?
• Is this a condition that has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months?
• Does (CHILD) currently need or use medicine prescribed by a doctor, other than vitamins?
• Is the need of (CHILD) for prescription medicine because of ANY medical, behavioral, or other health condition?
• Is this a condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or longer?
• Is (CHILD) limited or prevented in any way in {his/her} ability to do the things most children of the same age do?
• Is the limitation in abilities because of ANY medical, behavioral, or other health condition?
• Is this a condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or longer?
• Does (CHILD) need or get special therapy, such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy?
• Is the need for special therapy because of ANY medical, behavioral, or other health condition?
• Is this a condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or longer?
• Does (CHILD) have any kind of emotional, developmental, or behavioral problem for which {he/she} needs treatment or counseling?
• Has the emotional, developmental or behavioral problem lasted or is it expected to last 12 months or longer?
• Does (CHILD) receive services from a program called Early Intervention Services?
  Children receiving these services often have an Individualized Family Service Plan.
• Does (CHILD) receive services from a program called Special Educational Services?
  Children receiving these services often have an Individualized Education Plan.

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Oral Health (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Does (CHILD) have a dentist or dental clinic where {he/she} goes to regularly?
• Does (CHILD) have dental insurance that helps pay for any routine dental care including cleanings, x-rays and examinations?
• About how long has it been since (CHILD) last saw a dentist?

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Nutrition (see results for 2006, 2005)

• On a typical day, how many servings of fruit does (CHILD) consume?
• On a typical day, how many servings of 100% fruit juice does (CHILD) consume?
• On a typical day, how many servings of vegetables does (CHILD) eat, not including french fries?
• On a typical day, how many servings of fruit and/or vegetables does (CHILD) eat?
• On a typical day, how many servings of fruit, 100% fruit juice and/or vegetables does (CHILD) eat?
• What type of milk does (CHILD) usually drink?

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Physical Activity (see results for 2006, 2005)

• On a typical day how much total time does your child spend in physically active play?

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Food Insecurity (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Is {he/she} currently enrolled in the WIC program?
• Is your household currently enrolled in the Food Stamp Program?
• In the last 12 months, how often did you rely on only a few kinds of low-cost food to feed (CHILD) because you were running out of money to buy food?
• In the last 12 months did you ever cut the size of (CHILD) meals because there was not enough money for food?
• In the last 12 months did (CHILD) ever skip a meal because there was not enough money for food?

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Family Involvement (see results for 2006, 2005)

• How many times in a typical week do members of your household eat a main meal together that was prepared at home?

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Sexual Behavior (see results for 2006, 2005)

• Have you or other members of your family ever talked with your child about what you expect them to do or not do when it comes to sex?
• Do you believe (CHILD) is sexually active?
• Have you discussed with (CHILD) about reducing {his/her} chances of getting HIV/STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)?
• Do you feel well prepared to talk with (CHILD) about reducing {his/her} chances of getting HIV/STDs?

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Child Safety (see results for 2006, 2005)

• When you are driving and (CHILD) rides in the vehicle with you, how often does (he/she) ride in a child safety seat. Would you say (he/she) rides in a child safety seat...
• When you are driving and (CHILD) rides in the vehicle with you how often does (he/she) wear a seatbelt. Would you say (he/she) wears a seatbelt...
• During the past 12 months, has (CHILD) ridden a bike, scooter, skateboard, roller skates, or rollerblades?
• How often does (he/she) wear a helmet when riding a bike, scooter, skateboard, roller skates, or rollerblades?
• Do you own, or have access to an outdoor swimming pool?
• Is there a fence around this swimming pool?
• Does the fence have a self-closing and self-locking gate between your home and the pool?
• Has (CHILD) been injured in the past month so that (he/she) could not participate in {his/her} usual activities for one day or more?
• In the past month, has (CHILD) been home alone for more than one hour without the supervision of an adult

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Child Discipline

• Have you taken away privileges, forbade something (CHILD) liked, such as not allowed to watch TV?
• Have you explained why something (the behavior) was wrong?
• Have you shouted, yelled at or screamed at {him/her}?
• Have you insulted or called (CHILD) dumb, lazy, or another name like that?
• Have you spanked (him/her) on the bottom with a bare hand?
• Have you hit (him/her) on the bottom or legs with something like a belt, hairbrush, or other hard object?
• Have you shaken (him/her)?
• Have you hit or slapped (him/her) on the hand, arm or leg?
• Have you slapped (him/her) on the face, head or ears?
• Have you rewarded (him/her) for good behavior such as giving (him/her) a special privilege, a favorite food or taking (him/her) to a favorite place?

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