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Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program. 2022. Oral health among Oregon's children. Portland, OR: Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program, 2 pp. (Oregon smile survey data brief)

Annotation: This data brief provides information from the Oregon Smiles Survey. Topic include trends in the percentage of children in the state with treated, untreated, or rampant tooth decay between 2012 and 2017; the percentage of children needing oral health care; cavity rates among children, by region; and percentages of American Indian and Alaska native and black children with tooth decay.

Keywords: African Americans, Alaska natives, American Indians, Data, Dental caries, Oral health, Oregon, School age children, State information, Surveys, Trends

American College of Rheumatology, Lupus Foundation of America. 2017. Be Fierce. Take Control™. Atlanta, GA: American College of Rheumatology; Washington, DC: Lupus Foundation of America, multiple items.

Annotation: This public health campaign website was launched with the goal of educating and empowering young African American and Latino women (including those ages 15-18), who are most at-risk for developing lupus, to be aware of it signs and symptoms. The campaign uses the web, social media, digital advertising, and audience engagement to reach young women and educate them about the signs and symptoms of lupus. The campaign website also provides tools and resources such as the Lupus Foundation of America’s “Could it Be Lupus?” interactive questionnaire so those with possible symptoms can learn how to take that next step and talk to their health care provider.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Advocacy, African Americans, Autoimmune diseases, Early intervention programs, Empowerment, Ethnic factors, Hispanic Americans, Lupus erythematosus, Prevention programs, Public awareness campaigns, Reproductive health, Risk factors, Self care, Women's health

Sepulveda AL, Wilson DB, Garland SL, Dubuque SE, Singleton RS, Kennedy MG. 2010. One Tiny Reason to Quit: A coalition-based smoking cessation campaign for pregnant African American women. Cases in Public Health Communication & Marketing 4:28-56,

Annotation: This case study describes One Tiny Reason to Quit, a campaign to promote calls to a free, evidence-based, smoking cessation counseling line (1-800-QUIT-NOW) through mass media and face-to-face outreach. Topics include the campaign’s formative research, elements, and process data.

Keywords: African Americans, Case studies, Coalitions, Communication, Health disparities, Infant mortality, MCH research, Mass media, Outreach, Pregnant women, Public awareness campaigns, Risk factors, Smoking cessation, Tobacco use, Virginia

Sherwin S, Feminist Health Care Ethics Research Network. 1998. The politics of women's health: Exploring agency and autonomy. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 321 pp.

Annotation: This book is a collection of nine essays that examine women's health status and health care delivery in different countries and the assumptions behind the dominant medical model of solving problems without regard to social conditions. The authors are members of the Feminist Health Care Ethics Research Network, an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners whose primary interest is in feminist approaches to women's health. The book is the result of a four-year collaborative research project supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The essays are entitled: A Relational Approach to Autonomy in Health Care; Situating Women in the Politics of Health; The Politics of Health: Geneticization Versus Health Promotion; Contested Bodies, Contested Knowledges: Women, Health, and the Politics of Medicalization; Agency, Diversity, and Constraints: Women and Their Physicians, Canada, 1850-1950; Reflections on the Transfer of "Progress": The Case of Reproduction; Anomalous Women and Political Strategies for Aging Societies; (Re)fashioning Medicine's Response to Wife Abuse; and Reframing Research Involving Humans. Notes are provided at the end of each essay. A list of references and biographies of the authors are included in the book.

Keywords: Africa, Bioethics, Canada, Ethics, Gender discrimination, Health care delivery, Health promotion, Japan, North America, Research, Women's health

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995. By the sweat and toil of children. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2 v.

Annotation: This report was made to the U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations. It contains two volumes; the first has the subtitle, "The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Manufactured and Mined Imports;" the second has the subtitle, "The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Agricultural Imports and Forced and Bonded Child Labor." The report explains why child labor is used in these industries and what the working conditions and terms of employment are for such workers. Specific profiles are given for manufacturing and mining industries and for the production of particular crops in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that are ultimately imported into the United States. The second volume also defines forced and bonded child labor and describes situations involving forced child labor; an additional section details the service sector and illegal economy. Appendices provide documents from numerous international conventions and declarations on the rights of working children.

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural injuries, Asia, Central America, Children, Industry, International data, Occupational injuries

Airhihenbuwa CO. 1995. Health and culture: Beyond the western paradigm. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 152 pp.

Annotation: This book offers an analysis of the cultural conflict between traditional African beliefs about health and western attitudes about health care. The book covers African beliefs about health, health care, and healing; health promotion information in an African context; developing culturally appropriate health programs; women's and children's health; and African American beliefs. The author also discusses the PEN-3 model as an example of cultural sensitivity. Appendices include tables giving statistics on several measures of public health in Africa, and a bibliography.

Keywords: Africa, Blacks, Cultural beliefs, Culturally competent services, Health promotion, Public health, Statistics

Lamb ME, Sternberg KJ, Hwang CP, Broberg AG, eds. 1992. Child care in context: Cross-cultural perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 542 pp.

Annotation: Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this book characterizes child care in 18 countries on 5 continents. Specific historical roots and the current social contexts of child care are delineated in industrialized as well as in developing countries. Each chapter includes insights from commentators of the particular country being discussed. The editors point out that child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development.

Keywords: Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Child care, China, Cultural factors, East Africa, International perspectives, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Dema IS. 1965. Nutrition in relation to agricultural production. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 123 pp.

Annotation: This manual is intended primarily to serve health workers in agriculture, home economics, and community development in Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa. The manual may be useful for those working on the problem of nutrition in tropical Africa and also contains materials specifically suited for teaching advanced courses on food science and applied nutrition. The manual is divided into the following main sections: (1) basic and applied nutrition, (2) medical evidence of malnutrition in Nigeria, (3) environmental and social factors related to malnutrition, (4) food objectives in agricultural planning, (5) teaching and extension of better nutrition, and (6) the place of nutrition in integrated community development. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the manual. The manual also includes a bibliography and a glossary of Nigerian food names in the text.

Keywords: Africa, Community development, Developing countries, Environmental factors, Nutrition, Nutrition disorders, Nutrition education, Social factors

Wolfe SH. 1917. Governmental provisions in the United States and foreign countries for members of the military forces and their dependents. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 236 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 28; Miscellaneous series; no. 11)
   

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