title: Privatizing maternal and child health services in Texas: reinventing Title V programs.
abstract: In November 1994, the Texas Department of Health embarked upon a major initiative to "reinvent" maternal and child health services funded through the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant and related state general revenue. This article describes the rationale, planning process, and implementation issues associated with the initiative to redefine the fundamental roles and priorities of the department and traditional public health entities in the delivery of maternal and child health services.
authors.affiliation: Texas Department of Health, Austin, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Stabeno
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Bultman
mesh_terms: D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children; D002648:Child; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008489:Medical Indigency; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011247:Pregnancy; D011332:Privatization / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D013781:Texas; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States