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Morreale MC, Stinnett AJ, Dowling EC, eds. 2005. Policy compendium on confidential health services for adolescents (2nd ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Adolescent Health and the Law, 96 pp.

Annotation: This revised compendium presents policy recommendations for confidential health services for adolescents collected from thirteen national organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association National Coalition on Adolescent Health. It includes policy statements stated verbatim, followed by a grid which lists statements on confidential health services for adolescents and indicates which organization support the statement, which disagree with the statement, and which have no policy on that issues. The compendium also includes a model policy statement that could be adopted or adapted by organizations interested in developing such policies and a list of federal and state laws on confidential health services for adolescents.

Contact: Center for Adolescent Health and the Law, 310 Kildaire Road, Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-4407, Telephone: (919) 968-8850 Fax: (919) 968-8851 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cahl.org Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-9774108-1-0.

Keywords: Adolescents, Health services, Policy statements

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners. 1993. Policy statement on breastfeeding. Cherry Hill, NJ: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners, 3 pp.

Annotation: This document states the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners' policy on breastfeeding. It also includes the organization's position statement on infant formula advertising.

Contact: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, 20 Brace Road, Suite 200, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034, Telephone: (856) 857-9700 Fax: (856) 857-1600 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.napnap.org

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Infant formula, Policy statements

Pope AM, Tarlov AR, eds. 1991. Disability in America: Toward a national agenda for prevention—Full report, summary and recommendations. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 376 pp., summ. (52 pp.).

Annotation: This book provides a follow-up to the Institute of Medicine's report "Injury in America" released in 1985. It describes a comprehensive approach to disability prevention. Included are developmental disability, disabilities caused by injury, chronic disease and aging, and secondary conditions arising from primary disabling conditions. It presents a five-prong strategy (organization and coordination within and between the public and private sectors, surveillance, research, access to medical care, and education) for reducing the incidence and prevalence of disability as well as its personal, social, and economic consequences. The summary provides an overview of the full report.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-04378-6 .

Keywords: Age, Consumer education, Costs, Disabilities, Emergency medical services, Epidemiology, External cause of injury codes, Head injuries, Integration, Mental disorders, Older adults, Physical disabilities, Planning, Policy statements, Population surveillance, Population surveillance, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Research, Secondary disabilities, Special health care needs, Spinal cord injuries, Training

Trinkoff AM, Teret SP, Rattiner JL, Baker SP. 1983. Enlisting health departments in highway safety programs. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Springfield, VA: distributed by National Technical Information Service, 51 pp.

Annotation: This report concerns a project designed to determine the level of state health department involvement in highway safety activities. Content activities under study were: child passenger protection, motorcycle helmet laws, alcohol and impaired driving prevention, and emergency medical services. These were observed in cluster groups of states. Also a look was given to the fifty-five mile per hour speed limit. A look was taken at cooperative agencies within the state to gauge implementation efforts, at barriers to cooperation, and recommendations on overcoming barriers.

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 Contact Phone: (703) 487-4650 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: DOT HS 806 531.

Keywords: Emergency medical services, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Intervention, Legislation, Motor vehicles, Occupant restraints, Policy statements, Program development, State health agencies, Transportation injuries

   

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