Family Health and Systems Management Section
The mission of Family Health and Systems Management (FHSM) is to improve the health of families and provide leadership to communities in the development of health systems. FHSM accomplishes its mission by:
- Developing, coordinating and evaluating programs and initiatives to improve the health of women, infants, children, adolescents and those with special health care needs.
- Monitoring health status through newborn screening (metabolic disorders and hearing), birth defects and autism registries.
- Eliminating disparities in maternal and child health outcomes, including infant mortality.
- Applying epidemiology and research to improve delivery of quality health care to women, children and families.
- Enhancing reproductive health and ensuring access to family planning services.
- Ensuring access to adolescent health care services through School-Based Health Centers and implementing programs to reduce teen pregnancy.
- Translating evidence into practice to improve early childhood comprehensive systems of care.
- Ensuring appropriate access to affordable, quality care by focusing on the equitable distribution of health care resources, primary care services, the unique needs of rural health, health care provider shortages, and health-related data and information.
