Search Results: MCHLine

Annotation: This issue brief explains how systems thinking principles can be used as a tool to help solve complex, seemingly intractable challenges and inequities in maternal and child health (MCH). Examples include the Iceburg model, as applied to reproductive health care; system support mapping, for use with the MCH workforce; and a conceptional model for preconception care using causal loop diagraming.

Contact: Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Web Site: https://maternalhealthlearning.org/

• Link

Keywords: Interdisciplinary approach, Cooperation, Health equity, Methods , Models, Service delivery systems, Systems development

Annotation: This book, a publication of the Work Group on Community-Based Systems of Care of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, discusses helping at-risk children and adolescents with community-based systems of care that incorporate an interagency integration of services based on a client-centered and family-empowering orientation. Written for mental health professionals, the book is divided into four parts: (1) conceptual foundations of systems of care, (2) integrating clinical modalities into systems of care, (3) working across populations and settings, and (4) administration and evaluation of systems of care. Topics include community children's mental health care, family advocacy, collaboration, pharmacotherapy, case management, youth in the juvenile justice system, school-based mental health services, foster children in the child welfare system, managed care, demonstration projects, and training child and adolescent mental health professionals for systems of care. The book concludes with name and subject indexes.

Contact: Jossey-Bass Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, Telephone: (201) 748-6000 Fax: (201) 748-6088 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.JosseyBass.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-7879-6239-2.

Keywords: Adolescents, Advocacy, Case studies, Children, Community based services, Interagency cooperation, Interdisciplinary training, Mental health, Psychiatry, Service delivery systems

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: [email protected] 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 document is a handout from a presentation to the American Association of Pediatrics, Community Access to Child Health (CATCH), and National Commission on Leadership in Interprofessional Education May 8-9, 1997 under the auspices of the Higher Education Curricula for Integrated Services Providers grant. The grant focuses on developing models of interprofessional training and education programs and disseminating information on these programs. This document describes three new Interprofessional Development Grant projects that focus on training for school-linked services, distance education of pediatric residents, and developing wrap-around services for children at risk. The document ends with lists of grant personnel. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

• Link

Keywords: Educational programs, Health care delivery, Human services, Interagency cooperation, Interdisciplinary approach, Pediatricians, Professional training, Social services

Annotation: This manual serves as a guide for those professionals working on a multidisciplinary case management team for child abuse and neglect victims. Sections focus on case management team development and organization, diagnostic and assessment duties of team members, involvement with the legal system, specialized case management teams, and current trends in case management.

Contact: Garland Science, Taylor and Francis Group, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom OX14 4RN, Telephone: +44 (0) 7017 6000 Fax: +44 (0) 7017 6699 Web Site: http://www.taylorandfrancis.co.uk Price unknown. Document Number: ISBN 0-8240-8519-1.

Keywords: Case management, Child abuse, Child protective services, Children, Criminal justice system, Injury prevention, Interagency cooperation, Interdisciplinary approach, Investigations, Law enforcement, Manuals, Multidisciplinary teams, Service coordination, Social services