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Annotation: The goal of this project was to enable families to provide home-centered care for their special needs children, when home was the best option, by establishing a service delivery system. This system: (1) Promoted the availability and accessibility of comprehensive quality services that address physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and developmental needs; (2) encouraged continuity and coordination of care among all components of the child and family's interdisciplinary team; (3) promoted communication among caregivers; and (4) was reimbursable, accountable, and responsive to changing needs. [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: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-161891.

Keywords: 99-457, Chronically Ill, Coordination of Health Care, Families, Family-Centered Health Care, Home-Based Health Care, Interdisciplinary Teams, Interdisciplinary Teams, L, P, Pediatric Care Providers, Technology Dependence

Annotation: This survey for health professionals and staff within the Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health presents questions about opinions and experiences with providing oral health care to children ages 3 and under. Selected question topics includes age of first dental visit, fluoride varnish application during dental visits, making referrals, fluoride counseling, and anticipatory guidance and education.

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.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Counseling, Fluoride, Health care providers, Health education, Oral health, Referrals, Young children

Annotation: This curriculum is designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (e.g., Head Start, home visiting, WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families. Topics include tooth decay, risk factors, and prevention; oral health risk assessment and oral health screening; and anticipatory guidance for parents. Each of the four modules includes an overview, learning objectives, key points, a post-test, and resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Child care providers, Child health, Curricula, Dental caries, Distance education, Families, Head Start, Health personnel, Infant health, Oral health, Parents, Prevention, Risk factors, Screening, WIC program

Annotation: This report, the eighth in an annual series, highlights the Environmental Protection Agency's recent work on protecting the health of children by addressing the environments where they work, live, and play. Topics include climate change, asthma, sun safety, air quality, pests and pesticides, lead, chemicals, environmental health indicators, environmental health disparities, lessons learned and the need for continued research, pediatric environmental health specialty units, and environmental health for child care providers.

Contact: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Children's Health Protection, Room 2512 Ariel Rios North, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Mail Code 1107-T, Washington, DC 20004, Telephone: (202) 564-2188 Fax: (202) 564-2733 Web Site: http://www2.epa.gov/children

Keywords: Asthma, Child care providers, Child health, Environmental influences, Racial factors, Research, Sun exposure

Annotation: These proceedings summarize the findings of five working groups that met at the National Workshop on HIV and Adolescents, held March 17, 1993. The workshop brought together adolescents with HIV, health care providers, and community representatives to discuss issues pertaining to practice, research, and policies affecting the care of young people with HIV. The proceedings include an introduction, consensus statement, reports from each working group, and passages drawn from the personal narratives of adolescents attending the workshop. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Women, Children, and HIV, Center for HIV Information , University of California, San Francisco, CA Contact Phone: (800) 362-0071 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org Available at no charge.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents with special health care needs, Conferences, HIV, Health care providers, High risk adolescents, Personal narratives, Policy development, Research, Treatment

Annotation: These proceedings discuss development of a community health strategy for children and youth; perinatal health care; and the roles of providers, consumers, governments, and the private/volunteer sector in the health care of adolescents and children.

Keywords: Children, Community health services, Consumers, Government, Health care providers, Health services, Private sector, Volunteers, Youth