Core Survey
From 1998-2020, the Children’s HealthWatch survey instrument was administered during waiting periods in exam rooms in the Emergency Department or in Primary Care and Acute Care Clinics.
From January 2021 onward due to changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the survey has been administered by phone as well as in person. Also, starting in Spring 2021, our survey changed to a modular format to allow us to cover more topics without overburdening our caregiver participants. The survey is comprised of a core survey that all participating caregivers answer and six rotating modules with different foci. In 2024, our survey went through an update in which questions were added and some removed.
During the survey, research assistants collect information about demographics, child health and development, caregiver health, housing, household food security, federal assistance program utilization and access, employment, income, financial literacy, oral health and health care access, utilities, and child care, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Experiences of Discrimination.
Click the links below to download the Children’s HealthWatch interview templates currently in use for all patient interviews 2024-current.
- 2024-current Children’s HealthWatch Interview in English
- 2024-current Children’s HealthWatch Interview in Spanish
Click the links below to download the Children’s HealthWatch interview templates used for all patient interviews 2021-2024.
- 2021-2024 Children’s HealthWatch Interview in English
- 2021-2024 Children’s HealthWatch Interview in Spanish
Click the links below to download the Children’s HealthWatch interview templates used for all patient interviews 1998-2020.
- 1998-2020 Children’s HealthWatch Interview in English
- 1998-2020 Children’s HealthWatch Interview in Spanish
COVID-19 Follow-Up Study
The COVID-19 Follow-Up Study (CHW-COVID) builds upon previous research and recruitment conducted by Children’s HealthWatch on associations between economic hardships, public assistance programs, and the health of young children and their families. It is a longitudinal study. Interviewers conduct a series of phone surveys over a period of 12 months with families who previously participated in the main Children’s HealthWatch survey between January 2018 and March 2020.
CHW-COVID uses a COVID-19-focused tool to assess child and caregiver health status, employment and child care changes, health care access, public program participation, and current and future family hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing economic downturn. Paired with the detailed existing Children’s HealthWatch cross-sectional dataset, these new data will help us understand:
- How families’ economic well-being and children’s and adults’ health may have changed since the COVID19 crisis,
- Which policies worked to alleviate hardship and support child and adult health and avenues for policy change going forward.
Wave 1 Study:
Wave 2 Study: