Background
In Iowa, 17%, or approximately 127,000 children and
youth have a special health care need. This policy brief
draws information about Children and Youth with Special
Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) in Iowa from the Iowa Child
and Family Household Health Survey, a statewide panel
study of the health and well-being of children in Iowa
families.
Data were collected using telephone interviews regarding
over 3200 children in Iowa, completed in the spring and
summer of 2000. This study was a collaboration between
the University of Iowa Public Policy Center (PPC), the
Iowa Department of Public Health, the Iowa Child Health
Specialty Clinics and the University of Northern Iowa.
It was
funded by a grant from the US Bureau of Maternal and
Child Health and the Iowa Department of Public Health.
CYSHCN included those who had a medical, behavioral
or other health condition lasting or expected to last
at least 12 months, and one of the following criteria:
• greater limitations in daily functioning
• needed prescription medications
• need for extra health services
• needed special therapies
• needed treatment or
counseling for emotional, developmental, or behavioral
problems
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