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Center for Children's Healthcare Improvement and Vermont Child Health Improvement Program. 2005. A practical guide for healthy development. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 1 v.

Annotation: This online guide is a set of six learning modules designed to help primary care health professionals develop office systems to ensure that services provided to families are timely and appropriate. The modules were developed by the Healthy Development Learning Collaborative as part of a 12-month quality-improvement initiative to promote positive developmental outcomes for children in Vermont and North Carolina. Topics include assessing a practice's office system, developmental screening and surveillance, family psychosocial screening and surveillance, eliciting parents' concerns, anticipatory guidance and parental education, and linking with the community. Each module contains a checklist of suggested activities, including ways to monitor progress and tools and tips for soliciting staff and parent input. Recommended intervals for conducting activities are also included.

Keywords: Child development, Families, Health services delivery, Manuals, North Carolina, Office management, Parent participation, Professional training, Psychosocial development, Screening, Vermont

Hunter EB. 1922. Office administration for organizations supervising the health of mothers, infants, and children of preschool age with special reference to public health nursing agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 216 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 101)

Annotation: This report details the principles and methods of office administration for organizations supervising the health of mothers, infants, and children of preschool age, with special reference to public health nursing agencies. Topics covered include the functions, duties, and training of employees; record systems; and financial administration. An appendix with sample records is included. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: MCH programs, Manuals, Office management, Personnel management, Public health nursing, Publicity
   

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