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Annotation: These guidelines contain a set of standards to advance the quality and safety of early care and education environments. It is a companion to Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards -- Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd edition. Included are new and updated standards on on safe sleep, handling and feeding of human milk, introducing solid foods to infants, monitoring children's development, unimmunized children, preventing expulsions, and availability of drinking water. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education, University of Colorado Denver, 13120 East 19th Avenue, Mail Stop F541, P.O. Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045, Telephone: (800) 598-5437 (598-KIDS) Fax: (303) 724-0960 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nrckids.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Children with special health care needs, Facilities, Health promotion, Learning activities, Management, Nutrition, Out of home care, Personnel, Prevention, Safety, Spanish language materials , Standards

Annotation: This consensus study report reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States; the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth; research on birth settings; and access to and choice of birth settings in America. Maternal and neonatal interventions and health outcomes are compared across birth settings, including hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth environments.

Contact: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-2000 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/health-and-medicine-division Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to care, Birthing centers, Cesarean section, Childbirth, Health facilities, Home childbirth, Hospitals, Infant care, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Maternity hospitals, Measures, Midwifery, Policy , Pregnancy, Pregnancy outcome, Risk factors, Social factors, Statistics, Trends

Annotation: This checklist is designed to help multiple audiences assess whether a child care program complies with national health and safety standards. Topics include staffing; program activities and healthy development; health promotion and protection; nutrition and food service; safe sleep; facilities supplies, equipment, and environmental health; play areas, playgrounds, and transportation; infectious disease; policies; and licensing and community action. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education, University of Colorado Denver, 13120 East 19th Avenue, Mail Stop F541, P.O. Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045, Telephone: (800) 598-5437 (598-KIDS) Fax: (303) 724-0960 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nrckids.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child care facilities, Child health, Guideline adherence, Health policy, Regulations, Safety, Standards

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the Enhancing Care for Children with Asthma Project, a partnership to improve health outcomes for children with asthma by supporting the implementation of nationally recognized asthma-care guidelines at physician offices, federally qualified community health centers, school-based clinics, and other primary care clinics. Topics include establishing collective focus, using data, reaching providers, and gauging opportunities to improve pediatric asthma management in states.

Contact: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 1225 19th Street, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 296-4426 Fax: (202) 296-4319 E-mail: http://www.nihcm.org/contact Web Site: http://www.nihcm.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Asthma, Children, Disease management, Guidelines, Outreach, Patient care management, Primary care facilities, Program improvement, Public private partnerships

Annotation: This report focuses on nine oral health innovations seeking to increase access to preventive oral health care in non-oral-health settings. Topics include a description of program settings (Head Start programs, schools, and senior center and other residential facilities) and strategies used in service delivery (referral systems, work force adaptations, funding mechanisms, consent procedures, telehealth technology, and incentives).

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adults, Head Start, Model programs, Oral health, Prevention services, Residential facilities, School age children, Schools, Service delivery systems, Work force, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet presents definitions and principles associated with care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs and their families. The fact sheet offers a definition of care coordination; presents several principles of care coordination, including accessibility, individualization, and aligning with the family; discusses outcomes of care coordination; and presents the stages of the care coordination process and associated activities.

Contact: New England SERVE, 101 Tremont Street, Suite 812, Boston, MA 02108, Telephone: (617) 574-9493 Fax: (617) 574-9608 Available from the website.

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Keywords: Accessible facilities, Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Families, Guidelines, Program coordination, Service coordination

Annotation: This document reports the progress of the "Starting Early Starting Smart" (SESS) programs, a child-centered, family-focused, and community-based initiative that is a collaboration between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the Casey Family Program. The program focuses on addressing the needs of young children (birth to age seven) who are at high risk for developing substance abuse or mental health-related problems due to adverse situations. It is an outgrowth of the Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) collaboration approach to improving community based health services. Contents of the report include a diagram of the KDA process; a description of the SESS program; comments of collaborating partners; a list of SESS study sites; a map of SESS study sites; a chart identifying intervention strategies; expected outcomes from the SESS programs; profiles of primary care and early childhood study sites; and a press release announcing the selection of the grant recipients/study sites.

Contact: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane , Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (877) SAMHSA-7 Secondary Telephone: (877) 726-4727 E-mail: Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.samhsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Caregivers, Children, Community, Community based services, Community health services, Early intervention services, Families, Federal programs, Infants, Mental health services, Primary care facilities, Public private partnerships, Substance abuse prevention

Annotation: This document provides guidance for grant applicants to a Healthy People 2000 program of the United States Public Health Service (PHS). The Starting Early Starting Smart program is a collaborative effort to test the effectiveness for children ages birth to seven and their families and caregivers of integrating mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services with primary health care service settings and/or with early childhood service settings. The first section of the document consists of programmatic guidance: a program description; eligibility criteria; availability of funds; period of support; special considerations and requirements; application procedures; the review process; review criteria; and terms and conditions of support. The second section encompasses specific instructions and samples for both the narrative and the forms of the application.

Contact: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane , Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (877) SAMHSA-7 Secondary Telephone: (877) 726-4727 E-mail: Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.samhsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Caregivers, Children, Families, Federal grants, Foundations, Grants, Infants, Mental health services, Primary care facilities, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Substance abuse prevention

Annotation: This manual, which is part of the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies, " is intended to educate pediatric primary care providers so they are prepared to provide emergency medical services for children (EMSC) in their offices if the need arises. The first chapter explains how office staff including receptionists can identify an emergency. The second chapter discusses contacting regular EMSC services. The third chapter has some mock codes to run in the office. The fourth chapter is protocols for office emergencies. The fifth chapter discusses teaching families to handle emergencies at home until help arrives. The last sections of the manual have an office equipment list, an office medications list, a mock code log form, emergency drug doses, and a mock code evaluation form. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Codes, Drug dosages, Emergency medical services for children, Families, Life support care, Manuals, Medicine, North Carolina, Physicians', Planning, Primary care facilities, Protocols, offices

Annotation: This manual is intended for instructors who are teaching the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies." The goal of the workshop is to improve integration of primary care providers into the North Carolina Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) system by enhancing provider pediatric emergency skills and familiarity with EMSC. The manual begins by describing instructor qualifications and the instructor role in individual office workshops or in multi-practice or conference workshops. It includes mock codes to demonstrate. Appendices contain ten forms or sample letters. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Codes, Emergency medical services for children, Manuals, North Carolina, Physicians', Planning, Primary care facilities, Trainers, offices

Annotation: This manual is intended for school personnel who work with students with chronic health conditions or physical disabilities. The manual has six main sections. Part one describes the role the school plays in planning services for students with chronic health conditions or physical disabilities. Part two provides information about asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy. Part three contains instructions for daily care procedures, focusing on hand washing, medication, and feeding through a gastrostomy tube. Part four provides a framework for dealing with mobility problems and students with physical limitations. Part five includes instructions on how to use orthoses and prostheses. Part six offers guidelines for school personnel in health-related emergencies. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Accessible facilities, Adolescents with special health care needs, Asthma, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Diabetes insipidus, Diabetes mellitus, Emergencies, Epilepsy, Gastrostomy, Manuals, Orthopedic devices, Planning, Prostheses, School health services, School personnel, Self care, Students

Annotation: This report describes the results of an 18-month investigation of food service needs of children's residential institutions such as such as those for the abused, the handicapped, and the incarcerated, which are excluded from existing federal child nutrition programs. The survey covered nearly 400 institutions in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Topics include current food services at these institutions, the rise and fall of donated commodities, problems facing food services, and recommendation. The document includes separate reports on area projects in the District of Columbia and in Texas.

Keywords: Child nutrition, Children with special health care needs, Food service, Residential facilities