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Items in this list may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information reflects the most current data about the source that has been provided to the MCH Digital Library.

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CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. 2025. Community water fluoridation toolkit. Boston, MA: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 27 items.

Annotation: This toolkit provides links and brief descriptions of resources related to community water fluoridation. The toolkit is divided into the following categories: toolkits and communication resources, scientific research and public health evidence, professional and advocacy resources, supportive media coverage, countering misinformation and opposition, and case studies and testimonials.

Contact: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 465 Medford Street, Boston, MA 02129-1454, Telephone: (617) 886-1700 Web Site: https://www.carequest.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Advocacy, Case studies, Communication, Evidence, Misinformation, Oral health, Public health, Research, Resources

National Abortion Federation. 2006. Crisis pregnancy centers: An affront to choice. Washington, DC: National Abortion Federation, 18 pp.

Annotation: This report seeks to educate individuals about crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) and to enable women to make fully informed choices about their reproductive health care. The report explains what CPCs are, what types of strategies the centers use to try to persuade women not to abort their unborn infants, and how the centers are funded. The report also discusses how to combat CPCs.

Contact: National Abortion Federation, 1660 L Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 667-5881 Secondary Telephone: (800) 772-9100 Fax: (202) 667-5890 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.prochoice.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Abortion, Adoption, Contraception, Misinformation, Pregnancy, Reproductive health, Women', s health

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform—Minority Staff Special Investigations Division. 2004. The content of federally funded abstinence-only education programs. Washington, DC: Committee on Government Reform Minority Office, U.S. House of Representatives, 22 pp.

Annotation: This report evaluates the content of the most popular abstinence-only curricula used by grantees of the largest federal abstinence initiative, SPRANS (Special Programs of Regional and National Significance) Community-Based Abstinence Education. Included are an executive summary, background on abstinence-only programs, the purpose and methodology of the evaluation, a review of the findings, and a conclusion. Topics include how the majority of abstinence-only curricula contain false and misleading information about (1) the effectiveness of contraceptives, (2) risks of abortion, (3) how abstinence-only curricula blur religion and science, (4) how stereotypes about girls and boys are treated as fact, (5) the risks of sexual activity, and (6) how curricula contain scientific errors.

Contact: U.S. Congress. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, Telephone: (202) 225-5051 Web Site: http://oversight.house.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Abortion, Abstinence, Adolescent sexuality, Contraception, Contraceptive use, Curricula, Disease prevention, Federal grants, Federal programs, Misinformation, Pregnancy, Program evaluation, SPRANS, Sexuality education, Sexually transmitted diseases

O'Hare WP. 2003. Perceptions and misperceptions of America's children: The role of the print media. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 18 pp. (KIDS COUNT working paper)

Annotation: This paper, which is linked to a recent report that identified several misconceptions that Americans have about children, examines one possible source of those misconceptions: print media. The study reported in the paper analyzed a set of articles that appeared in five major newspapers from September 2002 to September 2003. The author analyzed articles on the following topics: immigration, welfare, single parent families, adolescent birth rates, and out-of-wedlock births. Data are presented in a table at the end of the paper. The paper concludes with a reference list.

Contact: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count, 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone: (410) 547-6600 Fax: (410) 547-6624 Web Site: http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent parents, Children, Immigration, Mass media, Misinformation, Single mothers, Single parents, Welfare

Allegheny County Health Department, Nutrition Services. 1986. Separating fact from fiction: An approach to identifying nutrition misinformation. Pittsburgh, PA: Allegheny County Health Department, 30 pp.

Annotation: This curriculum targeted at teachers, Extension and WIC aides, and health professionals contains information on recognizing the advertising techniques commonly used in health quackery. The contents include lesson plans, supportive materials, resource lists, and pre/post test for the consumer audience.

Keywords: Misinformation, Nutrition, Nutrition education, Professional education
   

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