Are services to tennessee children with special health care needs comparable with national achievement of MCHB objectives?

Objective: We assessed experiences of families with children with special health care needs already engaged with Tennessee Children's Special Services or a family advocacy agency, family voices, and compared their experiences with national data to determine achievement of national maternal-child health objectives.

Design And Sample: Using a descriptive/comparison design, Tennessee families engaged with the state or advocacy agency (n = 816) were compared with the 2005-2006 sample of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (n = 40,840) and the Tennessee subsample (n = 794).

Measures: Primary data were obtained from a survey of families associated with either Tennessee agency.