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Annotation: This document defines maternal "mirroring" within the context of culture, explains how it can be used to help mothers work through traumatic experiences, and examines ways that therapists can use it to foster the mother-infant relationship during the perinatal period.

Contact: National Child Traumatic Stress Network, National Resource Center for Child Traumatic Stress, , 905 West Main Street, Suite 25B , Durham, NC 27701, Telephone: (919) 682-1552 Secondary Telephone: (310) 235-2633 Fax: (919) 667-9578 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nctsnet.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Acculturation, Cultural factors, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Immigration, Latin America, Mother child relations, Perinatal health, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Pregnant women, Psychotherapy, Trauma

Annotation: This report, presented in Panama City, Panama, on June 3, 2007, by the ministers and secretaries of Health of the Americas, lists health priorities that Pan-American governments propose to tackle over the next decade. The report includes a statement of intent, principles and values, a situation analysis and description of health trends in the Americas, and areas of action. Endnotes and references are included. The document is available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Contact: Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 974-3000 Fax: (202) 974-3663 Web Site: http://new.paho.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Central America, Cultural factors, Economic factors, Ethnic factors, Health planning, International health, International programs, Latin America, Non English language materials, Racial factors, South America, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This book provides a variety of theoretical frameworks within which health professionals and others dedicated to improving the health of adolescents may design mechanisms to stimulate the development of healthy lifestyle choices for adolescents. The book is divided into four main sections. Section 1 provides an overview of adolescent lifestyles in Latin America and the Caribbean (which is the principal focus of technical cooperation activities of the Pan American Health Organization). Section 2 analyzes the most prominent theories and models of behavior change and health promotion in use with a developmental perspective. Section 3 underscores the importance of understanding the different developmental processes through which adolescents pass and how this progression must serve as the context within which any given theoretical framework is applied. Section 4 synthesizes the content of the preceding three sections and highlights the book's contributions, particularly its emphasis on early intervention during the preadolescent and early adolescent years and on the incorporation of a growth and development perspective in the creation of adolescent health promotion programs.

Contact: Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 974-3000 Fax: (202) 974-3663 Web Site: http://new.paho.org Print copy available from the publisher. Document Number: ISBN 92-75-11594-X-4.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Behavior modification, Health programs, Health promotion, International health, Latin America, Models, Theories, Youth, Youth development

Annotation: These proceedings derive from a conference to evaluate maternal and child health services delivery systems and the implications of this evaluation for health professional education in the Americas. Five position papers discussed child health in the Americas from a historical and global perspective, child health in Latin America and the Caribbean, why we do not evaluate and why we should, program evaluation regarding child care and its relation to decision making at the political administrative level, and evaluation of child health care as seen by evaluators. Ten case studies are provided.

Keywords: Case studies, Child care, Child health, Decision making, Evaluation, Latin America, MCH services, Professional education, United States

Annotation: This publication presents a summary of the deliberations of a technical meeting sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization, together with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, devoted to establishing guidelines for formulating and implementing food and nutrition policies in the countries of Latin America. The publication is divided into the following main sections: (1) bases for a food and nutrition policy, (2) diagnosis of the food and nutrition situation, (3) establishment of recommendations and food consumption goals, (4) government measures for the selective expansion of food production, (5) consumer guidance and educational programs on nutrition, (6) systems for improving the food consumption of special groups, (7) technical and institutional aspects of the food and nutrition policy, and (8) conclusions and recommendations. A bibliography and a list of meeting participants are included.

Keywords: Food, Food consumption, Food supply, Guidelines, International health, Latin America, Nutrition, Nutrition education, Nutrition policy, Public policy