Child Policy Research Center
The Child Policy Research Center (CPRC) was created in 1999 as part of the Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The CPRC serves as a liaison between policymakers and health services researchers by developing, translating, and communicating evidence to measurably improve child health and health care quality. With partners at the community, local, state, and national levels, the CPRC addresses the most urgent challenges facing children and families.

Innovations
Innovations operates within the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to cultivate partnerships with community groups and agencies. Innovations’ vision is to be a leader in providing culturally relevant program consultation and evaluation services and in training the next generation of community health leaders and researchers.

The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) was established in 1997 to ensure that children, youth and families are at the center of quality measurement and improvement efforts in order to advance a high quality consumer-centered health care system. CAHMI is based at the Oregon Health & Science University and focuses on measures of child and adolescent health and healthcare quality.

Acknowledgements

The Child Policy Research Center’s release of Ohio Chartbook 2008: Child Health and Health Care across Ohio is the result of a collaborative effort by many organizations and individuals who made significant contributions towards its completion. Our partners in this endeavor are Innovations at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) at the Oregon Health & Science University.

Authors of content for this site and its companion print report include the following individuals:

• Hallie Arrigon
• Christina Bethell, PhD, MPH, MBA
• Sadiqa Cash
• Leona Cuttler, MD
• Gerry Fairbrother, PhD
• Anthony Goudie, PhD
• Wendy Groznik, MA
• Kate Jones, MA
• Monica Mitchell, PhD
• Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP
• Joseph Schuchter, MPH
• Sarah Theodore, BS 

We would also like to acknowledge these individuals for their contributions to Ohio Chartbook 2008 by participating in a stakeholder meeting to shape the scope and content of this report and/or reviewing earlier drafts of the report.

• Melissa Arnold
• Karen Boester
• Beth Canfield
• Barry Jamieson
• Nick Lashutka
• Bill Ramsini
• Lorin Ranbom
• Gayle Channing Tenenbaum

Darryl Glenn provided the graphic design and layout and Chris d'Agostino oversaw the web architecture and loading interface for this site. 

Thank you to the following organizations who served as sponsors for this effort:

• Ohio Family Health Survey
• Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Representatives from several organizations provided invaluable guidance for this project. Child health and health care indicators were selected according to the interests and input of these stakeholders:

• Care Source
• Columbus Public Health Department
• Greater Cincinnati Health Foundation
• Health Policy Institute of Ohio
• Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio
• Office of Ohio Health Plans
• Ohio American Academy of Pediatrics Foundation
• Ohio Business Roundtable
• Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians
• Ohio Children’s Hospital Association
• Ohio Department of Health
• Ohio Executive Medicaid Management Agency
• Ohio Hospital Association
• Voices for Ohio’s Children