What is.... The Assessment and Evaluation Section

The Office of Assessment and Evaluation Section is responsible for supporting research and evaluation related to women’s and children’s health, including statewide performance, outcome, and health status indicators. The section evaluates BWCH programs’ effectiveness through designing studies as well as providing technical assistance to BWCH program managers as they design and implement evaluation strategies. The office also supports data collection, management, analysis and reporting for BWCH programs. Current Assessment and Evaluation programs and projects include: Child Fatality Review Program, Citizens Review Panel, Unexplained Infant Death, Title V MCH Block Grant Application, and Five-Year Maternal-Child Health Needs Assessment and Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2006-2010. 


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Publications: 
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Title V MCH Block Grant Applications
2008 Application (June 2007):Narrative [PDF 1.63M] Forms [PDF 740K]
2007 Application (July 2006):  Narrative [PDF 1.45M] Forms [PDF 689K]
2006 Application (July 2005):  Narrative [PDF 1.79K] Forms [PDF 640K]
Summary of Performance and Outcome Measures (April 2005) [PDF 797K]
2005 Application (July 2004):  Narrative [PDF 1.22K] Forms [PDF 589K]

Title V Maternal Child Health Five-Year Needs Assessment
Year 2005 MCH Needs Assessment[PDF 1.59M]
Year 2000 MCH Needs Assessment [PDF 3.74M] 

Child Fatality Review Annual Reports
13th Annual Report on 2005 deaths (November 2006)  [PDF 1.03M]
12th Annual Report on 2004 deaths (November 2005)  [PDF 535K]
11th Annual Report on 2003 deaths (November 2004)  [PDF 539K]
10th Annual Report on 2002 deaths (November 2003)  [PDF 539K]
  9th Annual Report on 2001 deaths (November 2002)  [PDF 668K]
  8th Annual Report on 2000 deaths (November 2001)  [PDF 253K]

Incidence and Reported Causes of Stillbirths
1st Annual Report (May 2005) [PDF 372K]
2nd Annual Report (May 2006) [PDF 308K]

AZ Citizen Review Panel Reports
 7th Annual Report on 2005 (12/31/05)  [PDF 305K]
 6th Annual Report on 2004 (12/31/04)  [PDF 196K]
 5th Annual Report on 2003 (12/31/03)  [PDF 107K]
 4th Annual Report on 2002 (12/31/02)  [PDF 41K]
 3rd Annual Report on 2001 (12/31/01)  [PDF 47K]

Issue Briefs /Reports
Prenatal Care Status, Hospitalization Costs and Birth Outcomes, Arizona, 2005 (March 2007) [PDF 52K]
Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Drugs among infants in Arizona in 2004 (May 2006)
[PDF 40K]
Perinatal Periods of Risk Comparison 00-02, 03-05 (08/07)[PDF 244K],
Combating Infant Mortality (07-27-07) [PDF 200K]  
Combating Infant Mortality 03-05 Cohort (07/31/07) [344K].