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Health Resources and Services Administration. 2009. National Poison Prevention Week 2009: [Promotional materials]. [Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 items.

Annotation: This site hosts resources related to poisoning prevention and national poison prevention week including: information on calling a poison center, poison center locations, tips for successful event planning, a press release template, a proclamation guide, instructions on how to write a public service announcement, snapshots of successful events, and additional facts on poisons and poison safety.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Campaigns, Poison control centers, Poisoning, Resource centers, Safety

Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Poison Prevention and Control. 2004. Forging a poison prevention and control system. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 354 pp.

Annotation: This book examines the role of poison control services within the context of the larger public health system, the injury prevention and control field, and the fields of general medical care and medical and clinical toxicology. It also examines how poison control centers function relative to the functions performed by other health care agencies and government organizations at the federal, state, and local levels. The book, which includes an executive summary, is presented in three parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Poison Prevention and Control's proposal for a future poison prevention and control system. Part 2 reviews the historical development of the poison control network, the current status of poisoning as a public health problem, and the principal functional elements of the system. Part 3 summarizes arguments for a new poison prevention control system by focusing on the committee's conclusions and recommendations. Statistical information and other information is presented in tables and figures throughout the book. Two appendices include a list of contributors and committee and staff biographies. The book also includes a list of references and an index. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-09194-2.

Keywords: Federal government, Health agencies, Health care systems, Injury prevention, Local government, Poison control centers, Poisoning, Public health, State government, Toxicology

Hale CM, Polder JA. 1996. The ABC's of safe and healthy child care: A handbook for child care providers. Atlanta, GA: Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 139 pp.

Annotation: This handbook is intended to help child care providers reduce the incidence of illness, injury, and other health problems of the children in their care. The handbook includes information on (1) how infectious diseases are spread; (2) what providers can do to keep themselves and the children they care for healthy; (3) what disease and injury prevention practices providers should follow; (4) what disease and injury prevention practices providers should require parents to follow; and (5) what the most common childhood diseases are, how to recognize them, and what providers can do when they occur. The handbook includes tables, figures, and drawings. Two appendices contain additional resources and a list of regional poison control centers. The handbook concludes with a bibliography and an index.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website. Document Number: ERIC ED412027.

Keywords: Child care workers, Child health, Children, Infections, Injuries, Parents, Poison control centers, Prevention

Hollinshead W. [1988]. New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs [Final report]. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Health, 50 pp.

Annotation: The New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs was funded to develop a model of regional collaboration which would initiate new and enhance existing state and local childhood lead poisoning prevention programs. The primary goal was to assist states in the planning, management and evaluation of childhood lead poisoning prevention programs. In order to meet this the goal the Consortium established objectives, some of which included: assisting states by conducting needs assessments for lead poisoning prevention activities; identifying, designing, and providing training and technical assistance; developing guidelines and protocols for needs assessments, program planning, evaluation, and quality assurance; serving as a liaison between lead poisoning prevention programs and research initiatives; fostering the use of new technologies and strategies, and encouraging the development of cost effective regional resources. [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 PB92-103266.

Keywords: Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Lead Poisoning, Teratogens

   

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