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Lorenzo SB, Pickett OK. 2013–. Maternal distress in the perinatal period and child outcomes: Professional resource guide. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health,

Annotation: This knowledge path is a guide to resources about sources of stress that pregnant women and new mothers experience and the impact of maternal distress on the developing fetus and young child. Topics include policies, programs, and practices that enhance a woman's ability to cope with stress, provide social and emotional support for pregnant women and new mothers, and build protective factors in new families. The knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers. A separate brief lists resources for families. The knowledge path is updated periodically. [Funded by the O'Neill Foundation]

Keywords: Bibliographies, Child health, Electronic publications, Families, Knowledge paths, Mental health, Parenting, Postpartum care, Pregnant women, Social support, Stress, Stress management: Infant health, Young children

Lambe P. 2007. Organising knowledge: Taxonomies, knowledge and organisational effectiveness. Oxford, England:Chandos Publishing, 277 pp.

Annotation: This guide discusses the art and science of building information taxonomies. It discusses term definition, forms taxonomies can take, use of taxonomy for organizational effectiveness, knowledge management, what taxonomies should do, designing and implementing taxonomies, and the future of taxonomy work.

Keywords: Indexes, Knowledge management, Thesauri

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. 2005. Knowledge management for public health professionals. Washington, DC: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 35 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides health officials and other public health practitioners an introduction into the concepts involved in knowledge management (KM) and describes how experts and practitioners have attempted to organize their information. It is organized into three major sections: (1) exploring KM concepts, tracking the evolution of data to knowledge, and identifying key components of KM; (2) relating the concepts of KM to public health activities and goals; and (3) describing key activities that contribute to implementing a KM approach in an organization or community. Appendices include a list of contributors and reviewers, public health KM activities identified by public health professionals, examples of public health KM functions for the essential public health services, and references. Additional KM resources are also provided.

Keywords: Information dissemination, Information services, Knowledge management, Public health

Srikantaiah TK, Koenig M, eds. 2000. Knowledge management for the information professional. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 598 pp.

Annotation: This book provides a broad definition of knowledge management and how it has evolved. It also discusses the learning environment needed to support a knowledge network and the information technology components it depends on. In addition, this book discusses how knowledge management is implemented and provides examples of how it is practiced. A discussion of knowledge management and its use in the health sciences is also included. The appendices of this publication include a course syllabus, a bibliography, and an example of a thematic model.

Keywords: Information networks, Information services, Knowledge management, Technology

Special Libraries Association. 1999. Content management: Putting knowledge to work. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 86 pp.

Annotation: This book is a compilation of papers and presentations from the 1998 State-of-the-Art Institute on content management. Topics include: acquiring content; licensing knowledge; copyright; managing content; information architecture and metadata; competencies in cataloging in the virtual environment; knowledge mapping; and intranets.

Keywords: Cataloging, Copyright, Databases, Evaluation, Information, Information sources, Knowledge management

Special Libraries Association. 1998. Knowledge management: A new competitive asset. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 206 pp.

Annotation: This compilation of readings discusses knowledge management, knowledge as a competitive asset, the skills and competencies required to put knowledge to work, lessons from the field, putting a value on knowledge assets, ignorance, careers in knowledge management, knowledge and the firm, strategies for implementing knowledge-based systems, the benefits of a knowledge culture, knowledge management tools for knowledge managers, post information age position for special librarians, and intellectual capital and how to leverage it.

Keywords: Information sources, Knowledge management, Special libraries

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services Administration. 1977. Forward plan for the Health Services Administration: F.Y. 1979-83. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Health Services Administration, 164 pp.

Annotation: This document provides an overview of the basic missions, plan themes, and highlights of program emphasis for the Health Services Administration. The topics discussed are health care financing, improving the health care system, prevention, quality assurance, knowledge development, management, and tracking and evaluation. Programmatic plans for the Bureau of Community Health Services, Indian Health Service, Bureau of Medical Services, and Bureau of Quality Assurance are included.

Keywords: Bureau of Community Health Services, Bureau of Medical Services, Bureau of Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health care financing, Health care systems, Indian Health Service, Knowledge level, Management, Prevention, Quality assurance, Strategic plans
   

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