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Cataldo M. n.d.. Project ABLE - Altering Bowel Learning Effectively [Final report]. Baltimore, MD: Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, 9 pp.

Annotation: This project addressed the problem of fecal incontinence in children with myelomeningocele by developing an affordable instructional package for health care providers and a parent instruction program in order to help these children develop bowel control. Improvement was documented in half the children using this systematic home-based method. The training program included a videotape and written provider and parent manuals. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-152999.

Keywords: Bowel Control, Chronically Ill, Home-Based Health Care, Meningomyelocele, Parent Education Clinics, Spina Bifida Association, Spina Bifida Incontinence, Toilet Training

American Dental Association. 2013. Action for dental health: Bringing disease prevention into communities. Chicago, IL: American Dental Association, 16 pp.

Annotation: This paper focuses on preventing oral disease, and, in particular, on bringing oral disease prevention into communities. Topics include oral disease patterns, national average costs of common preventive oral health services, funding prevention programs, federal and state collaboration, educating parents, school-based screenings, and the role of community oral health coordinators. Oral disease information from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is discussed.

Contact: American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678, Telephone: (312) 440-2500 Fax: (312) 440-7494 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ada.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community coordination, Oral health, Parent education, Prevention programs, Public private partnerships, School based clinics, Work force

Dash L. 1990. When children want children. New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 270 pp.

Annotation: This book provides a first-person account of a small group of adolescents and their families confronted by the overwhelming burdens of poverty and adolescent parenthood. It is based on the author's experience, an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, living in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Washington, DC for eighteen months. It discusses the adolescents' views regarding sexuality, sex education in schools, school counseling, health clinics, relationships, families, and other aspects of their life experiences.

Keywords: Adolescent parents, Adolescent pregnancy, Clinics, Poverty, School counseling, Sexuality education, Social problems, Urban population
   

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