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Annotation: This resource discusses assessment and intervention techniques, the medical and developmental consequences of pediatric undernutrition, interdisciplinary teamwork and service coordination, and nutrition and feeding issues from medical care and child development to community planning and advocacy. Also discussed are numerous difficulties associated with inadequate nutrition in children younger than age 3, including developmental delays, medical conditions that impair growth, and cognitive deficits. The book also addresses nonmedical issues including the feeding relationship, nutrition, cultural diversity, working with families, and infant mental health. Clinically related appendices provide scales for assessing childhood feeding disorders and emotional health, growth charts, diet records, and clinical questionnaires.

Contact: Brookes Publishing, P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624, Telephone: (800) 638-3775 Secondary Telephone: (410) 337-9580 Fax: (410) 337-8539 E-mail: custserv@brookespublishing.com Web Site: http://www.brookespublishing.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-55766-348-3.

Keywords: Assessment, Child development, Child mental health, Child nutrition, Children, Cognitive development, Cultural diversity, Early childhood development, Failure to thrive, Feeding, Growth charts, Infant nutrition, Interdisciplinary cooperation, Intervention, Nutrition disorders, Pediatrics, Questionnaires, Records, Service coordination

Annotation: This report summarizes a literature review and a field survey related to the cost-effectiveness of nutrition services for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). The literature review concentrates on cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, and failure to thrive. It includes an overview of each illness and the outcome indicators cited in the literature. The survey analysis results are presented by agency setting (i.e., clinical, public health, or university setting) and by federal region. A report on the expert panel convened to identify nutrition indicators for CSHCN, a description of workshop participant projects, and a list of workshop participants are included. The report was prepared for the Maternal and Child Health Interorganizational Nutrition Group (MCHING). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHM020.

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Keywords: Cerebral palsy, Children with special health care needs, Cost effectiveness, Cystic fibrosis, Failure to thrive, Federal regions, Literature reviews, Nutrition services, Nutrition surveys, Reports

Annotation: This project was designed to evaluate the long-term effects of home intervention on the health, growth, and development of low-income, inner-city children diagnosed with nonorganic failure to thrive (NOFTT). The longitudinal study built on an ongoing randomized clinical trial of home intervention. The study followed the intervention children and their matched controls through their preschool years until they reached first grade. Approximately 90 percent of the children were from African-American families and most of the families were headed by single mothers who had not completed high school. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: customerservice@ntis.gov Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB2000-106933.

Keywords: Blacks, Failure to Thrive, Home Health Services, Home Visiting Programs, Home Visiting Services, Low Income Population, MCH Research, Preschool children, Research, School-age children, Urban Population

Annotation: This project addressed the need for controlled studies of the psychological and health outcomes of those infants with nonorganic failure to thrive (NOFTT) who have received early intervention, in order to assess early developmental delays and family influences which mediate intervention effects. The family, the environment, and the psychological and physical health outcomes of children originally diagnosed with NOFTT during the first year of life were compared to a sample of physically healthy infants who were matched by child and family characteristics. The findings documented continuing psychological risk to children with early histories of NOFFT, specifically they demonstrated more behavior symptoms, and less adequate abilities to contain impulses, delay gratification, or change their behavior in response to novel situations. The findings suggested that pediatricians should continue to monitor the psychological adjustment of these children, especially those with dysfunctional families. Additional studies are needed to: Determine whether children with early histories of NOFFT who demonstrate problematic behavioral control as preschoolers continue to demonstrate problems as school-age children; assess the efficacy of interventions tailored to the specific etiology (e.g., maternal relationship deficits, family dysfunction) of NOFFT; assess the efficacy of interventions designed to enhance the parenting abilities and reduce the level of behavioral problems in these preschool children. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: customerservice@ntis.gov Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB92-135557.

Keywords: Achenbach Behavioral Checklist, Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure, Attachment Disorders, Failure To Thrive, Families

Annotation: This updated guide, originally published in 1983, is designed to assist health care providers, particularly lactation consultants, and lay counselors, with the management and content of breastfeeding education and promotion programs. Included are chapters on learning to help mothers; understanding breast structure and function relating nutrition to health; human breast milk properties; guiding the couple through pregnancy; counseling the mother through the learning period; assisting with family adjustments; encouraging breastfeeding as the baby grows; counseling the mother through special situations; breastfeeding problems; and guiding the mother in the use of special aids and techniques.

Keywords: AIDS, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Diabetes mellitus, Down Syndrome, Failure to thrive, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Relactation

Annotation: The purpose of this round table was to bring together clinicians and researchers from different disciplines who are studying the development of attachment in parents of normal infants, parents of premature or sick infants, and parents of battered or failure-to-thrive infants. The round table consisted of three segments: disorders of attachment, the process of attachment, and problems in attachment.

Keywords: Bonding, Child abuse, Failure to thrive, Infants, Parent child relations, Premature infants, Research