Sourcebook of Extant Data Bases on Developmentally Disabled Children Up to Six Years of Age

摘要

The report is a directory of data bases on developmentally disabled children under 6 years of age containing descriptive summaries of data base form and content as well as information on their acquisition and retrieval. It identifies key sources of data available from Federal agencies, selected States, and national organizations on demographic characteristics of client and target populations, service utilization and delivery, medical and other resources, and program funding and budgeting. The Sourcebook contains a narrative discussion and review of key legislation and the national program planning process; a summary of problems associated with data structure, coverage, and comparability; a user's guide; and one page summaries of 87 data bases divided according to geographic focus (national, multigeographic, State and local). Descriptive information on individual data bases includes the name and address of the responsible agency or organization, individual to contact, population descriptors (age, ethnic class, income class, residence, disability area), data type (general demographic, service eligible population, health status/epidemiologic, service utilization and delivery, staffing and resources, funding and budgeting), geographic scope, dates of coverage and periodicity, availability (format, price, technical representative), principal funding source(s), documentation, 200 word descriptive abstract, evaluation, and selected references.