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Introduction The 2005 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey (IHHS) was the second comprehensive, statewide effort to evaluate the health status, access to health care, and social environment of children in families in Iowa. The first IHHS was conducted in 2000. The 2005 IHHS was a collaboration between the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the Public Policy Center (PPC), and the Child Health Specialty Clinics (CHSC). Funding for the 2005 was provided primarily by the IDPH, with additional funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The primary goals of the Household Health Survey were to: 1) assess the health and well-being of children and families in Iowa, 2) assess a set of early childhood issues, 3) evaluate the health insurance coverage of children in Iowa and features of the uninsured, and 4) assess the health and well-being of racial and ethnic minority children in Iowa.
Questions were asked from a wide range of topic areas encompassing health, overall well-being, and family environment of children in Iowa. The 2005 survey included a special emphasis on early childhood issues. Topic areas from the 2005 survey included:
Demographics of Iowa families with children -Additional emphasis on asthma Health insurance coverage of children and
parents - Medical care - Behavioral/emotional health care -Prescription medication - Emergency room use Child care Family and social environment - Early childhood environment - Nutrition and exercise - Behavioral/emotional health status - Parenting stress - Maternal well-being/depression - Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use - Gambling - Marital satisfaction
This report summarizes the findings from the 2005 survey. The statewide results for the individual questions from the survey (organized by total, as well as by age category and Federal Poverty Level (FPL) status of the child) can be found in the appendices of the this report.
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