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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.

Displaying records 1 through 6 (6 total).

Lubinski R, Matteliano MA. 2008. A guide to cultural competence in the curriculum: Speech-language pathology. Buffalo, NY: University of Buffalo, 68 pp. (A guide to cultural competence in the curriculum)

Hillman LS. 1996. Reducing the risk of infant death and morbidity. Kirkwood, MO: Reduce Death in Infancy Project, 1 video (30:55 min.; VHS, 1/2 inch).

Annotation: This video presentation by a physician in Missouri describes instituting a project that will reduce the risk of SIDS in a rural area with higher than average infant morbidity. The video discusses SIDS risk factors, pathology findings (heart, lungs, liver), ways the babies die (respiratory, cardiac, vascular, brain), things that are not causes (botulism, apnea), critical development period (age at which babies are most vulnerable), and the changes going on at that time, characteristics of vulnerable infants, and outside stressors (e.g. smoking and sleep position). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Infant mortality, Pathology, Rural health, SIDS, Safety , Sleep position, Videotapes

Beckwith JB. 1975. The sudden infant death syndrome. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office for Maternal and Child Health, 34 pp.

Annotation: The goal of this paper is to present a general review of the problem of SIDS including data from 500 consecutive cases personally studied by the author. The author discusses the definition and terminology of SIDS, its history, epidemiology, pathologic findings, theories of causation, "near misses", synthesis of epidemiologic and pathologic findings, and counseling. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Counseling, Epidemiology, Etiology, History, Pathology, SIDS

Lin-Fu JS. 1972. Sickle cell anemia: A medical review. (Rev. ed.). Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 26 pp.

Annotation: This publication introduces the problems of sickle cell anemia. The topics discussed are related nomenclature, prevalence, genetic considerations, pathophysiology, pathological findings, clinical manifestations by age group, laboratory findings, screening, diagnosis, prognosis, management, traits, and variants.

Keywords: Diagnosis, Genetic screening, Genetics, Pathology, Sickle cell disease

Antonov AN, comp. 1947. Physiology and pathology of the newborn: Bibliography of material for the period 1930-1940. Washington, DC: Society for Research in Child Development, 217 pp. (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Serial no. 41. 10(2))

Goyco, P. G., and Beckerman, R. C. Sudden infant death syndrome. Current Problems in Pediatrics. 20(6): 301-346. June 1990,

Annotation: This special issue of "Current Problems in Pediatrics" is devoted to a review article on various medical aspects of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The authors discuss the latest thinking on the epidemiology and physiology of the syndrome, as well as its prevention and management. There is a bibliography of 126 references. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Epidemiology, Pathology, Prevention, SIDS
   

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