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CDC Foundation. 2016. Health and well-being for all: Accelerating learning about social determinants [Meeting-in-a-box]. Atlanta, GA: CDC Foundation, multiple items.

Annotation: This tool is designed to help health and health care professionals at all stages of professional development explore the determinants underlying health problems faced by patients and communities. It simulates a 6-step process for leading change to improve the community's health. The tool incorporates a big-picture visual with supporting materials including data cards, group dialogue exercises, and facilitator tips to identify and engage collaborators in addressing asthma, obesity, and gang violence. It also includes tips on using the materials, resources for hosting an event, a fact sheet for sharing information about the tool, and a webinar describing it's use.

Keywords: Asthma, Behavior change, Collaboration, Facilitated communication, Interpersonal violence, Learning, Obesity, Problem solving, Program improvement, Role playing, Social change, Training

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 1995. Simulation hearing on obtaining federal and state assistance: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 49 pp. (104th Congress, 1st Session; Serial no. 104-8)

Annotation: These hearings contain testimony given before the committee by Margaret Dunkle, the Director of the Policy Exchange, Institute for Educational Leadership. In her testimony, she had the committee members engage in role playing; they were asked to imagine that they were members of a low income family applying for support from federal, state, and local programs. The process highlighted areas where the eligibility criteria for the programs can be complementary or contradictory to one another and pointed out situations where program revisions could be made to improve the delivery of services.

Keywords: Access to care, Congressional hearings, Federal programs, Financial support, Low income groups, Program improvement, Role playing, State programs

Smilansky S. 1968. The effects of sociodramatic play on disadvantaged pre-school children. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 164 pp.

Annotation: This book reports on a study of preschool children of immigrants to Israel from various Middle Eastern and North African countries that used sociodramatic play to help these children become better able to cope with the demands of elementary schools. The book looks at sociodramatic play as a type of play phenomenon, comparison of sociodramatic play of children from advantaged sociocultural backgrounds with that of children from disadvantaged sociocultural strata, theories of the differences observed, and an experiment designed to further sociodramatic play in culturally deprived groups.

Keywords: Cultural barriers, Cultural factors, Israel, Kindergarten, Minority groups, Play, Preschool children, Role playing, School readiness, Sociocultural factors
   

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