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Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Center for Healthier Communities. 2010. Pre-natal providers' oral health knowledge doesn't equal behavior. [San Diego, CA]: Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Center for Healthier Communities, 1 p. (Community health brief)

Annotation: This brief presents findings from a survey of obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse-midwives to compare the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to oral health as part of prenatal care. Contents include background, training in oral health care during residency, differences in knowledge and behavior among recent and earlier graduates, and barriers in translating oral health knowledge into practice.

Keywords: Attitude change, Barriers, Behavior change, Comparative analysis, Gynecologists, Internship and residency, Knowledge level, Nurse-midwives, Obstetricians, Oral health, Prenatal care, Research, Training

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women. 2002. Medicaid managed care and reproductive health care for women: Ob-Gyns workings with states to shape health policy. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women, 68 pp.

Annotation: This book is about reproductive and health care services available to women through Medicaid managed care. Topics include a brief overview of Medicaid and Medicaid managed care; enrollment issues for women of childbearing age, including recent legislation impacting low income groups; gynecologic and obstetric care; family planning services and access issues; provider issues; adolescent reproductive health services; obstetric case management; and high-risk pregnancy. Reference and a glossary are provided. Four appendices provide information on select provisions of the Balanced Budget Act pertaining to enrollment; a proposal for universal access to maternity care called U.S. MaternaCare; an educational bulletin from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) focusing on psychosocial risk factors: perinatal screening and intervention; and sample patient history intake and medical forms. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Childbirth, Gynecology, Internet, Maternal health, Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, Obstetrical care, Postnatal care, Postpartum care, Prenatal care, Reproductive health, Resources, Women's health

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 2002. Compendium of selected publications. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 635 pp.

Annotation: This book is a compendium of selected clinical practice guidelines in effect as of December 31, 2001, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), including committee opinions, educational and technical bulletins, practice bulletins, practice patterns, and policy statements. The ACOG code of professional ethics is also included. Each section begins with a complete alphabetical listing of current documents in the series. An index is provided.

Keywords: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Guidelines, Gynecologists, Obstetrical care, Professional ethics, Professional training, Resources for professionals

Scully D. 1994. Men who control women's health: The miseducation of obstetrician-gynecologists. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 275 pp. (Athene series)

Annotation: This book is a reissue of the original 1980 edition with a new introduction written by the author and a new forward. The book examines how men have dominated the field of medicine in general and obstetrics and gynecology in particular. As a result, the author argues that medicine as a discipline views women's bodies and their functions as abnormal. Some of the specific topics addressed are sexism in medicine; nineteenth century medicine; female castration; clitoridectomy; childbirth; women physicians; hysterectomy; medical education; cesarean sections; unnecessary surgery; and strategies for change. A glossary of medical terms is provided in the appendix.

Keywords: Attitudes, Gynecologists, Medicine, Men, Obstetricians, Physician patient relations, Professional education, Women's health

Rosenstock IM, Childs B, Simopoulos AP. 1975. Genetic screening: A study of the knowledge and attitudes of physicians. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 89 pp.

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 1967. Optimal health care for mothers and children: A national priority. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 92 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the issues that emerged from five conferences held in 1967 for obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, other behavioral scientists, and social workers. These interdisciplinary conferences looked at optimal health care needs of children and their families and what specific contributions each of many disciplines can be expected to make. The role of the consumer, manpower for optimal health care, training for optimal health care, and guidelines for future action are addressed.

Keywords: Children, Conferences, Consumers, Employment, Families, Nurses, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, Social workers
   

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