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Privatizing maternal and child health services in Texas: reinventing Title V programs. 1997

P J Patterson, and J S Simpson, and R J Davis, and D C Stabeno, and L L Bultman

Texas Department of Health, Austin, USA.

In November 1994, the Texas Department of Health embarked upon a major initiative to "reinvent" maternal and child health services funded through the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant and related state general revenue. This article describes the rationale, planning process, and implementation issues associated with the initiative to redefine the fundamental roles and priorities of the department and traditional public health entities in the delivery of maternal and child health services.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008430	Maternal-Child Health Centers	Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to mothers and children.	Center, Maternal-Child Health,Centers, Maternal-Child Health,Health Center, Maternal-Child,Health Centers, Maternal-Child,Maternal Child Health Centers,Maternal-Child Health Center
D008489	Medical Indigency	The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.	Indigency, Medical,Indigencies, Medical,Medical Indigencies
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011332	Privatization	Process of shifting publicly controlled services and/or facilities to the private sector.	Privatizations
D011635	Public Health Administration	Management of public health organizations or agencies.	Administration, Public Health
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000385	Aid to Families with Dependent Children	Financial assistance provided by the government to indigent families with dependent children who meet certain requirements as defined by the Social Security Act, Title IV, in the U.S.	Family Allowances,Allowance, Family,Allowances, Family,Family Allowance
D013781	Texas	State bounded on the north by Oklahoma, on the east by Arkansas and Louisiana, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by New Mexico.