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Munn EK, Widener MA, Fortunato GM, Chernoff R. 1999. Kids program manual for child life specialists. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Maternal and Child Health, 55 pp., 1 brochure.

Annotation: This manual describes procedures for implementing the child component of a 15-month program designed to enhance the quality of life for families with school-aged children with selected chronic physical health conditions. The program, a research project, was operational from March 1997 to June 1999. The child component is referred to as Kids Involved in Discovery and Sharing (KIDS). The child component was developed to enhance children's self-esteem, increase participating childrens' perception of social support, and to problem solve with the children for ways of managing family and social issues that they identified as challenging. The manual is divided into three sections that cover the following: (1) the programs goals and objectives; (2) general procedures for carrying out a visit and for maintaining contact with the children and their mothers between visits; and (3) descriptions of activities, procedures for their implementation, and examples of specific interactions. References are provided. Appendices include a Child Life Specialist (CLS) job description, copies of documentation forms, guidelines for interactions with children that enhance self-esteem, and guidelines for establishing the relationships between the CLS and the parents. A sample K.I.D.S. brochure is attached. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Asthma, Child life workers, Children with special health care needs, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes mellitus, Families, Family support services, Intervention, MCH research, Mental health, Sickle cell disease

Morton CJ, Wilkinson D, Patterson D, eds. 1993. Promoting family health in the 1990's: Strategies for public health social work. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, Maternal and Child Health Program, 223 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings include papers based on presentations at the 1990 Public Health Social Work Institute which focused on family health. The papers address social and health issues that affect family health in the 1990s and examine the role of social workers in identifying, preventing and alleviating them. The proceedings include 18 papers by different authors that are grouped in the following broad categories: primary care and MCH programs, perinatal health and dependency, child health, adolescent health, and family health. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Family health, Family life, Family relations, Maternal health, Public health programs, Public health services, Social workers
   

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