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U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . 2007. Evaluating pediatric dental care under Medicaid. Washington, DC: U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , 231 pp.

Annotation: This document describes the hearing held before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on May 2, 2007 to focus on the adequacy of oversight of pediatric dental care and Medicaid as brought to national attention in the circumstances that led to the death of Deamonte Driver, a 12 year old Medicaid eligible boy in Maryland who died of a brain infection caused by untreated tooth decay. Contents include statements of testimony and letters and other statements submitted for the record before the Subcommittee.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Congressional hearings, Dental caries, EPSDT, Maryland, Medicaid, Oral health, Pediatric dentistry

U.S. General Accounting Office. 2003. Head Start: Curriculum use and individual child assessment in cognitive and language development. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 33 pp.

Annotation: This report describes briefings made to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce in May and June 2003. Three questions were studied: (1) to what extent the Head Start programs have made progress in meeting performance standards for cognitive and language development since they took effect in 1998, (2) how the curricula changed since the performance standards were issued, and (3) how Head Start programs used teacher mentoring and individual child assessments to support curriculum planning. The letter of transmittal outlines a review of the findings and the appendix contains printed slides used during the two briefings.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO-03-1049.

Keywords: Child development, Congressional hearings, Head Start, Intellectual development, Language development

U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. 2002. Congressional hearing on the crisis in children's dental health: A silent epidemic. Washington, DC: U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, multiple items.

Annotation: This document presents testimony from the first Congressional hearing on children's oral health held on June 25, 2002, in Washington, DC. The document includes statements from representatives of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the American Dental Education Association, the American Dental Hygienists' Association, the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, the Children's Dental Health Project, the National Association of Community Health Centers, the National Head Start Association, the former Surgeon General David Satcher, and the Special Olympics. Topics include (1) disparities and other significant challenges to the infrastructure of dental education and the oral health delivery system, and programs deemed critical to oral health education and research; (2) infrastructure and capacity in state oral health programs; (3) integration of oral health in general pediatric health policies and programs; (4) strengths of community health centers in improving children's oral health; and (5) the need for explicit inclusion of children with mental retardation.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Children with special health care needs, Community health centers, Congressional hearings, Dental education, National programs, Oral health, Provider participation, State programs

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies. 1997. Abstinence education: Hearings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 150 pp. (104th Congress, 2nd session)

Annotation: This document presents the text of hearings held in July 1996 in Washington DC, and in Pennsylvania by a subcommittee of the Senate's Committee on Appropriations. The hearings focused on sexual abstinence education for school aged children and adolescents. Witnesses were sexuality educators, teachers, clergy, pregnancy prevention project staff, students, and adolescent mothers. This report from the hearings includes the presentations made by the panelists, their subsequent discussion, and previously prepared statements.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Contact Phone: (202) 512-1808 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov $7.50 includes shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-054243-x.

Keywords: Abstinence, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Congressional hearings, Life skills, Prevention programs, School age children, Sexual behavior

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Government Operations, Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee. 1995. Can state and local governments afford to implement health care and welfare reform?: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 103 pp. (103rd Congress, 1st session)

Annotation: This hearing, held October 6, 1993, focused on whether state and local governments would have the ability to implement health care and welfare reform as proposed in pending legislation introduced by the Clinton administration. The hearing focused on an analysis by the U.S. Government Accounting Office on the financial conditions of state and local governments; and it considered statements and documents submitted by members of the House of Representatives and representatives from the National Association of Governors, the National League of Cities, and the National Association of Counties.

Contact: Congressional Information Service, 403 Cottonwood Parkway, California, MD 20619, Telephone: (800) 852-6077 Secondary Telephone: (301) 863-9404 Contact Phone: (800) 638-8380 $31.80 plus $4.32 shipping and handling and $5.00 invoicing fee. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-046601-6.

Keywords: Congressional hearings, Federal legislation, Government financing, Health care reform, Local governments, Proposed legislation, State governments, Welfare reform

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 1995. Simulation hearing on obtaining federal and state assistance: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 49 pp. (104th Congress, 1st Session; Serial no. 104-8)

Annotation: These hearings contain testimony given before the committee by Margaret Dunkle, the Director of the Policy Exchange, Institute for Educational Leadership. In her testimony, she had the committee members engage in role playing; they were asked to imagine that they were members of a low income family applying for support from federal, state, and local programs. The process highlighted areas where the eligibility criteria for the programs can be complementary or contradictory to one another and pointed out situations where program revisions could be made to improve the delivery of services.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Price unknown. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-047125-7.

Keywords: Access to care, Congressional hearings, Federal programs, Financial support, Low income groups, Program improvement, Role playing, State programs

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Select Committee on Hunger. 1992. An examination of barriers to pre and postnatal care for high-risk women and infants: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 89 pp. (102nd Congress, 1st Session; serial no. 102-12)

Annotation: On September 12, 1991, health professionals and several members of Congress presented papers on health care for high-risk women and infants to the U.S. House of Representatives' Select Committee on Hunger. The 16 statements included in this report from the Congressional hearing cover such topics as removing barriers to prenatal care; the impact of medical insurance rates on the availability of providers; societal and attitudinal obstacles to prenatal care; and recommendations for alleviating obstacles.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov $3.00. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-037390-5.

Keywords: Access to prenatal care, Child health, Congressional hearings, Maternal health, Postnatal care, Service coordination

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Select Committee on Hunger. 1992. Street children: A global disgrace—Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 98 pp. (102nd Congress, 1st Session; serial no. 102-17)

Annotation: On November 7, 1991, members of the House Select Committee on Hunger met to hear statements by a panel of representatives from child advocacy organizations on the global problem of street children, a large percentage of whom are homeless, while others live at home and work on the street to supplement meager family incomes. This report from the hearing includes the presentations made by the panelists, their subsequent discussion, previously prepared statements, and supplemental informational materials on street children.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Price unknown. Document Number: GPO 51-244.

Keywords: Agencies, Child abuse, Child advocacy, Child neglect, Child welfare, Children, Children with special health care needs, Congressional hearings, High risk populations, Homeless persons

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism. 1992. Preparing for the economy of the 21st century: Hearings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 264 pp. (102nd Congress, 2nd Session; Senate hearing 102-689)

Annotation: This publication presents the text of hearings before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate, 102nd Congress, on March 5 and 10, 1992. The hearings examined the economic and demographic changes that will affect the workforce of the 21st century, focusing on the impact of changing economic patterns on businesses, families and the workforce, and possible solutions for creating a more productive future economy. The session on March 5 was entitled Solutions for the New Economy: Jobs and Family, and the March 10 session was entitled The Common Good: Forging Public-Private Partnerships for the New Economy. Delivery of services to families, particularly to children and youth at risk, and employer-assisted care programs for the young and elderly are among the specific issues discussed.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Price unknown. Document Number: GPO 55-242.

Keywords: Congressional hearings, Economic factors, Education, Employment, Families, Interagency cooperation, Literacy

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Select Committee on Hunger. 1991. Breastfeeding: Rediscovering tradition—Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 155 pp. (102nd Congress, 1st Session; serial no. 102-13)

Annotation: This document is the published record of the October, 1991, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Hunger hearing titled "Breastfeeding: Rediscovering Tradition." The purpose of the hearing was to gather testimony on breastfeeding trends, initiatives, and activities in the U.S., and to solicit recommendations from witnesses on ways to improve breastfeeding rates. Transcripts of the hearing and prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials are included. Among those testifying at the hearing were: Assistant Secretary Bertini, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Dr. Y. Bronner, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; Dr. Sandra Huffman, Center to Prevent Childhood Malnutrition; and Dr. Donna O'Hare, American Academy of Pediatrics.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov $4.75. No shipping or handling charge for non-express mail. Expect two to three weeks for delivery.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Congressional hearings, WIC Program

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism. 1990. Child abuse and neglect: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 138 pp. (101st Congress, 2nd Session; Senate hearing 101-1051)

Annotation: This publication presents the text of a hearing before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate, 101st Congress, on September 27, 1990. The hearing examined proposed legislation to authorize funds for certain child abuse and neglect programs, and contains the testimony and prepared statements of both experts and those who have personal experience of abuse and neglect.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov $4.25.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child care, Child neglect, Child sexual abuse, Congressional hearings, Family life education, Family preservation, Family support programs, Family violence, Parent education, Prevention, Proposed legislation, Substance abuse

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. 1986. Federal childhood immunization program: Hearings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 81 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings of a hearing before the Congressional Subcommittee on health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce review the status of federal childhood immunizations programs. The significant cost increases in vaccine prices, their implications, the influence of federal budget cuts, the implications of not immunizing children, how bad public health once was without vaccines, and how important the maintenance of this program is are discussed

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Price unknown.

Keywords: Communicable disease control, Congressional hearings, Immunization

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 1985. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1985: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2 v. (99th Congress, 1st Session; report 99-222, parts 1 and 2)

Annotation: These hearings of the Labor and Human Resources Committee discussed an amendment to the Public Health Service Act to provide for the compensation of children and others who have sustained vaccine related injuries. Part two specifically discusses whether victims should be required to give up their right to sue as a condition of receiving compensation from the government.

Keywords: Children, Congressional hearings, Immunization, Medical liability, Public Health Service Act, Vaccination effects

Leonard AS. 1971. A regional concept in health care delivery to reduce infant mortality. No place: No publisher, 12 pp.

Annotation: This paper, presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on House Appropriations, Sub-Committee on Labor, Health, Education, and Welfare, speaks for the budget for Maternal and Child Health Services of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration of the U.S. Public Health Service. The speaker is associate professor of surgery and head of pediatric surgery at University Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The specific focus of his remarks is regarding the need for emergency funding through MCH Services for regional facilities in the United States to decrease infant mortality, especially in rural and outlying communities. The presentation asks for transportation-communication system funding, intensive care facility funding, increased allocations for Crippled Children's Services, and patient funding for critical special problems.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Communication, Congressional hearings, Financing, Infant mortality, MCH services, Maternal and Child Health Services, Neonatal intensive care units, Rural health, Transportation of patients
   

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