The Bureau of Women's and Children's Health (BWCH) supports efforts to improve the health of Arizona women and children. Activities focus on assessment
of health status and identification of health issues, development of partnerships and planning to address health issues, and provision of "safety net" services.

Our Vision 
Healthy Women...Healthy  Children...Healthy Tomorrow

Our Mission
To strengthen the family and the community by promoting and improving the health status of women, infants, and children.

What We Do....

Office of Planning, Education and Partnerships Section
The Office of Planning Education and Partnerships in the Bureau of Women's and Children's Health provides leadership for statewide priority setting, planning, and policy development, and supports community efforts to assure the health of women, children, and their families. We work with a variety of public, private, and non-profit community partners to identify health needs, improve systems of care, and develop public health policies. We provide and support educational activities that advance good health practices and outcomes, including promoting the use of "best practices," providing client and provider education, sponsoring public information campaigns, and developing and distributing education materials. Current Planning Education and Partnership programs include: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Sensory, Domestic Violence, Rural Safe Home Network, Sexual Violence Prevention and Education, County Prenatal Block Grant, Family Planning, Medical Home, Community Health, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Safe Kids, Injury Prevention and Factsheets.

Office of Community Services
The programs in the Office of Community Services Section provide services to children and their families who are at risk for developmental delay, metabolic/genetic disorders or hearing impairment. Services are provided to a client directly or through a contractor. We work closely with the stakeholders of Arizona’s perinatal care system and actively support a regionalized system of care. The Office also supports increased access to care for pregnant women and infants, best practices related to the early identification of developmental delays, and access to appropriate interventions. Current Community Services programs include: Hotlines, Newborn Screening, Newborn Hearing Screening, Health Start, and High Risk Perinatal Program, Umbillical Cord Blood Pamphlet [PDF 736K], Umbillical Cord Blood Pamphlet Spanish [PDF 533K] and Umbillical Cord Blood Pamphlet Ordering Form [PDF 20K] 

Office of Assessment and Evaluation
The Office of Assessment and Evaluation Section is responsible for supporting research and evaluation related to women’s and children’s health, including statewide performance, outcome, and health status indicators. The office evaluates BWCH programs’ effectiveness through designing studies as well as providing technical assistance to BWCH program managers as they design and implement evaluation strategies. The office also supports data collection, management, analysis and reporting for BWCH programs. Current Assessment and Evaluation programs and projects include: Child Fatality Review Program, Stillbirth Reporting, Citizens Review Panel, Unexplained Infant Death, Title V MCH Block Grant Applications, Five-Year Maternal-Child Health Needs Assessment, Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2006-2010, Perinatal Periods of Risk Comparison 00-02, 03-05 (08/07)[PDF 244K], Combating Infant Mortality (07-27-07) [PDF 200K], Combating Infant Mortality 03-05 Cohort (07/31/07) [344K], and Stategic Plan 2006 - 2010