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Tower CC. 2014. Understanding child abuse and neglect. (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 442 pp.

Annotation: This textbook covers a range of topics associated with child abuse and neglect. It provides an overview on the problem, considers the rights and responsibilities of parents and children, and reviews the effects of abuse and neglect on the development of children. Individual chapters cover physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and neglect. Other chapters examine ways to prevent or intervene in abusive situations through the judicial system and consider treatment methodologies including the use of foster care. The book also includes a chapter on adults who were abused as children but who had not reported the fact.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child neglect, Children, Children', Emotional abuse, Families, Family characteristics, Foster care, Incest, Intervention, Legal issues, Parent rights, Parenting, Physical abuse, Prevention, Sexual abuse, Social work, s rights

Millstein SG, Ozer EJ, Ozer EM, Brindis CD, Knopf DK, Irwin CE Jr. 1999. Research priorities in adolescent health: An analysis and synthesis of research recommendations. San Francisco, CA: National Adolescent Health Information Center, 137 pp., exec. summ. (15 pp.).

Annotation: This report synthesizes and analyzes research recommendations from reports on adolescent health published over the last decade. It identifies broad-based trends in research priorities, describes gaps in the existing knowledge base, and suggests approaches for developing and implementing a national adolescent research agenda. Priorities for research include adolescent physical, psychological, and social development; social and environmental contexts; health enhancing and health-risk behaviors; and physical and mental disorders. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescents, Health behavior, Mental health, Physical characteristics, Psychosocial development, Research, Research design, Risk factors, Risk taking

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Children with Handicaps. 1971. The pediatrician and the child with mental retardation. Evanston, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 180 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to provide the pediatrician with up-to-date information and resources to assume a role in the treatment of children with mental retardation. The contents discuss mental retardation from the perspectives of diagnosis and evaluation, health services, genetic considerations, metabolic aspects, community services, residential care, legal considerations, psychological aspects, speech and language development, educational aspects, psychiatric considerations, nursing services, nutrition, physical therapy, and counseling.

Keywords: Children, Community programs, Counseling, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Genetics, Health services, Language development, Legal issues, Mental retardation, Metabolic diseases, Nursing services, Nutrition, Pediatricians, Physical therapy, Psychological characteristics, Residential care, Speech development

Rude AE. 1922. Physical status of preschool children: Gary, Ind.. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 84 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 111)

Annotation: This study reports findings on the physical condition of 3,125 children 2 to 7 years old in a typical industrial center. The report also details the standardized methods used to obtain the data, including the general method of conducting examinations, forms for recording the data, methods of measuring height and wight, and methods of testing vision and hearing. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

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

Keywords: Physical characteristics, Child development, Child health, Indiana, Preschool children, Reports
   

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