AHRQ - Quality Tools Update

The QualityTools Web site, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Listed below are some updates.  For a complete list of the tools go to Quality Tools.

• Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?view_id=1&doc_id=7219 This chartbook contains more than thirty key indicators of development and health for children ages zero to six along with social factors in the family and neighborhood that affect these outcomes.
• Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?view_id=1&doc_id=7291 To address gaps in knowledge about perinatal depression, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in collaboration with the Safe Motherhood Group (SMG), commissioned this evidence report from the RTI International-University of North Carolina's (RTI-UNC's) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) for a systematic review of the evidence on three questions related to perinatal depression. These questions address the prevalence and incidence of perinatal depression, the accuracy of screening instruments for perinatal depression, and the effectiveness of interventions for women screened as high risk for developing perinatal depression.
• Learn the Signs. Act Early. Interactive Tool for Parents: Milestones Chart http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?view_id=1&doc_id=7322 This interactive tool allows parents and caregivers to view how a developmental milestone category (social and emotional, cognitive, or language) changes as a child grows.