A version of the PHDS was created for administration by telephone. This version is called the Promoting Healthy Development Survey-PLUS (PHDS-PLUS).   The PHDS-PLUS also contains additional items about the child's health, health care utilization, parent's health, and other sociodemographic characteristics. To date, the PHDS-PLUS has been used primarily by state Medicaid agencies (N=11). Additionally, over eighty percent of the items focused on quality of care in the National Survey of Early Childhood Health (NSECH) are derived from the PHDS-PLUS.

Click here for guidelines for implementing the PHDS by telephone.  The following chapters can be found in this manual:

Step 1: Learn About the Promoting Healthy Development Survey-PLUS
Step 2: Specify Your PHDS-PLUS Implementation Strategy
Step 3: Prepare for Survey Administration
Step 4: Conduct Survey Administration and Prepare for Data Analysis
Step 5: Construct Quality Measures and Plan for Reporting PHDS-PLUS Findings
Step 6: Report Your PHDS-PLUS Findings to Stimulate System Change
Appendices: Appendices 1-7

To view the PHDS for Implementation by Telephone on the Commonwealth Fund website, click here.

If you plan to use the PHDS, please complete this one-page User's Form. The CAHMI tools are non-proprietary and available at no-charge.  We ask that potential users complete this form so we can provide updates to users about modifications, improvements or additional resources developed.