Using Data to Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH): The Opening Playbook

Using Data to Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH): The Opening Playbook

Module 1 Background
Unit 1
Introduction 
Unit 2
How to use this playbook 
Module 2 Partnerships
Unit 1
What is the role of partnerships in information sharing? 
Unit 2
What strategies can be used to identify and engage partners? 
Unit 3
Talking points for engaging partners and identifying champions 
Module 3 Proposed indicators
Unit 1
Indicator summary 
Module 4 School attendance
Unit 1
Definition 
Unit 2
Domains to assess school attendance 
Unit 3
Data on school attendance 
Unit 4
Examples of school attendance to monitor trends 
Module 5 School disciplinary actions
Unit 1
Definition 
Unit 2
Domains to assess school disciplinary actions 
Unit 3
Data on school disciplinary actions 
Module 6 School readiness
Unit 1
Definition 
Unit 2
Domains to assess school readiness 
Unit 3
Data on school readiness 
Module 7 Next steps
Unit 1
Next steps 
Module 8 Appendices
Unit 1
Appendix A: Key terms 
Unit 2
Appendix B. School disciplinary action scenario workflows 
Unit 3
Appendix C: School readiness assessment tools 
Unit 4
Appendix D: Legal considerations 
Unit 5
Appendix E. Additional data sharing information, resources and considerations 
Unit 6
Appendix F. User stories 
Unit 7
Feedback survey 
Module 9 References
Unit 1
References 

Overview

The Child Development Studies team within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated with the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) to create this playbook as a resource for state, territorial, local, and tribal (STLT) health departments to assess and improve child and adolescent mental health (CAMH). To this end, the playbook highlights the rationale for public health engagement in CAMH, suggests ways that health departments can form partnerships to assess and improve CAMH, and proposes three indicators – data that schools generally have available or can make available, such as attendance, disciplinary actions, and school readiness – that can be used to begin assessing CAMH at the population-level. The playbook also includes information and resources related to legal considerations, terminologies, and data standards related to the collection and use of CAMH data. This playbook is organized around “Three Truths” related to gathering and using data to assess and improve CAMH:     Disclosure Statement: This project was supported by cooperative agreement number U38OT000316, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or Department of Health and Human Services.