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Endocrine Society. 2014-. A successful approach to managing pediatric adult transitions of care. Chevy Chase, MD: Endocrine Society, multiple items.

Annotation: These toolkits are designed to help health professionals manage pediatric-to-adult transitions of care for their clients with various chronic endocrine conditions including growth hormone deficiency and type 1 diabetes. Topics include assessing client skills, client self-assessment, recommended approach to planning for pediatric practices, and recommended approach to receiving a new client. Forms, clinical summaries, client fact sheets, dosing guides, and and other resources are included. Toolkits for childhood cancer, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and Turner syndrome are forthcoming.

Contact: Endocrine Society, 2055 L Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 971-3636 Web Site: http://www.endo-society.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health services, Adolescents, Assessment, Children, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Diabetes mellitus, Disease management, Endocrine diseases, Forms, Pediatric care, Resources for professionals, Special health care needs, Transition planning

Sachs N, McGarity TO, Steinzor R, Simpson A, Shudtz M. 2012. Protecting the public from BPA: An action plan for federal agencies. Washington, DC: Center for Progressive Reform, 33 pp. (White paper #1202)

Annotation: This white paper, which is intended to assist federal agencies in moving forward with Bisphenol-A(BPA) regulation and to provide the public with a more informative and safer consumer environment, outlines various short- and long-term regulatory options for protecting the public from health risks that BPA poses. The paper describes a two-prong approach, with the first phase focusing on immediate information collection and dissemination and the second including regulatory controls, standards, and protections to be promulgated as soon as missing information becomes available. The paper also discusses the current state of BPA, including known risks and regulatory safeguards; existing international, state, and local BPA controls, and regulatory efforts at the federal level.

Contact: Center for Progressive Reform, 455 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., #150-513, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 747-0698 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.progressivereform.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Chemicals, Child health, Cognitive development, Diabetes, Endocrine diseases, Environmental exposure, Health, Infant health, Prevention, Public health, Reproductive health, Sexuality

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012. Children's environmental health: National environmental public health tracking. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Annotation: This website, which is geared toward parents, presents information on children's environmental health. Links to tracking information on a variety of topics, including asthma, cancer, lead, and developmental disabilities, are included; these can help parents understand how to protect their child from environmental exposures. Information on prevention, related links, and children's environmental health indicators are also presented.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/forms/contact-us.html Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Asthma, Cancer, Child health, Developmental disabilities, Endocrine diseases, Environmental influences, Consumer education materials, Lead, Obesity, Pregnancy, Resource materials, Young children

Rosenfeld JA, Alley N, Acheson LS, Admire JB , eds. 1997. Women's health in primary care. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 921 pp.

Annotation: This book has been developed for all primary health care providers and discusses women's diseases, beginning with adolescence, and how they differ from the study and treatment of men's diseases. The inadequacy of women's health research is discussed. Topics such as women's health promotion and concerns, and traditional medical, psychological and social concerns throughout the life cycle are included. The book contains extensive charts, graphs, and tables throughout. Appendices include recommendations on preventive services and an age chart for examinations. The book concludes with an index.

Contact: Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, P.O. Box 1620, Hagerstown, MD 21741, Telephone: (800) 638-3030 Secondary Telephone: (301) 223-23000 Fax: (301) 223-2400 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.lww.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-683-07366-4.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Breast care, Cardiovascular diseases, Contraception, Endocrine diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Gynecological diseases, Health promotion, Lactation, Life cycle, Mental health, Pregnancy, Primary care, Psychosocial factors, Respiratory diseases, Sexuality, Sexually transmitted diseases, Urologic diseases, Violence, Women', s health

Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors. 1988-. Program and abstracts: __the National Neonatal Screening Symposium. Washington, DC: Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, irregular.

Annotation: This volume contains the program and abstracts of papers given at the National Neonatal Screening Symposiums. These symposiums bring together practitioners, laboratory specialists, program managers, and medical consultants with an interest in this field. Some of the major topics covered by the symposiums include legal issues related to newborn screening, technical advances and automation, hemoglobinopathy screening practices, metabolic screening, endocrine screening disorders, access to care, and molecular biology and newborn screening. The volume also contains summaries of poster presentations made during the symposiums.

Contact: Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 608, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 822-5227 Price unknown.

Keywords: Access to care, Conference proceedings, Endocrine diseases, Hemoglobinopathies, Neonatal screening

Pollack H, Halpern SL, and Committee on Therapeutic Nutrition. 1952. Therapeutic nutrition. Washington, DC: National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 94 pp.

Annotation: This report presents a consensus approach to therapeutic nutrition, with an emphasis on recovery from acute catabolic episodes that produce drastic metabolic derangement of normal physiological processes. The report includes the following sections: (1) functions of components of diet in metabolism, (2) non-dietary factors affecting metabolism, (3) the endocrine glands and metabolism, (4) evaluation of nutritional status, (5) consequences of nutritional deficiency, (6) the relation of protein disequilibrium to disease, (7) nutritional requirements of the sick, injured, and convalescent, (8) therapeutic nutrition for specified conditions, (9) the treatment of starvation and severe undernutrition, (10) problems of nutrition under emergency disaster situations, (11) the problem of prophylaxis against emergency nutritional deficiency: minimal allowances and rationing, (12) summary and conclusions, and (13) references.

Keywords: Diet, Disasters, Emergencies, Endocrine diseases, Metabolism, Nutrition, Nutritional requirements, Nutritional status, Proteins, Resource allocation, Starvation