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U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. 1995. Proceedings of the international collaborative effort on injury statistics, Vol. I. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 305 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings stem from a meeting held May 18-20, 1994 which was designed to allow members of the International Collaborative Effort to improve comparability and quality of injury data. Sections address levels and trends in injury mortality and morbidity in selected participating countries, sources of injury related data and special methodological problems, current problems in producing comparable international mortality and morbidity statistics, data needs, linkage issues and coding issues.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Contact Phone: (301) 436-7039 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website. Document Number: DHHS (PHS) 95-1252.

Keywords: Australia, Canada, Clinical coding, Denmark, England, France, Injury surveillance systems, International classification of diseases, International data, Israel, Morbidity, Mortality, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Statistical reference sources, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, United States

Starfield B, Harlow J. 1993. Cross-national comparisons of well-child supervision. Washington, DC: George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research, 26 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides an analysis of well child care programs operating in other countries. The paper describes the methodology which included a literature review and direct interviews with knowledgeable individuals in Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, England, and the United States. The paper provides an overview of each of the following topics: the number of recommended visits; physical examinations; height and weight monitoring; and screening for vision, hearing screening, and developmental disabilities, and other conditions. The paper discusses the findings, and presents information about well child recommendations in each country in tables in the appendix. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research, 2021 K Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 994-4100 Contact Phone: (202) 530-2300 Fax: (202) 994-4040 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://publichealth.gwu.edu/projects/center-health-policy-research Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Canada, Child health, Denmark, England, Health promotion, Health supervision, International perspectives, Literature reviews, Netherlands, Policy development, Sweden, United States, Well child care

Lamb ME, Sternberg KJ, Hwang CP, Broberg AG, eds. 1992. Child care in context: Cross-cultural perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 542 pp.

Annotation: Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this book characterizes child care in 18 countries on 5 continents. Specific historical roots and the current social contexts of child care are delineated in industrialized as well as in developing countries. Each chapter includes insights from commentators of the particular country being discussed. The editors point out that child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development.

Contact: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19160, Telephone: (215) 625-8900 Secondary Telephone: (800) 354-1420 Fax: (215) 625-2940 Web Site: http://www.leaonline.com/?cookieSet=1 $39.95 paperback, $89.95 cloth; plus $2.00 shipping and handling; make checks payable to Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Document Number: 0-8058-0798-5.

Keywords: Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Child care, China, Cultural factors, East Africa, International perspectives, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Herdt G, ed. 1989. Gay and lesbian youth. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 355 pp.

Annotation: This book is a collection of chapters by individual authors that are based on cross-cultural studies of gay, bisexual, and lesbian adolescents. The author s contribute to an overall study of the identities, situations, and relationships of homosexual adolescents in different societies. A background is provided in chapters that examine emerging identities of the adolescents, the formation of their homosexual identities, consider the ethnographic profiles, parental influences on self-esteem. Other chapters focus on growing up lesbian, issues related to male prostitution and homosexuality, and gays and AIDS. Specific chapters examine trends in England, Mexico, Brazil, France, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Australia. Possible future research topics are also discussed. The book was also released as a special issue of the "Journal of Homosexuality, " volume 17, numbers 1-4, 1989.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Australia, Brazil, Cultural factors, Demographics, England, Finland, France, Gay youth, Ireland, Lesbians, Mexico, Psychosocial development, Sexual behavior, Sexual development, Sociocultural factors, Sweden, United States

Wallace HM, ed. 1975. Health care of mothers and children in national health services: Implication for the United States. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing, 330 pp.

Annotation: This book describes maternal and child health services in the United Kingdom and Sweden and discusses implications for the United States. Topics include the national health services in both countries, family planning, abortion, school health, children with special health care needs, social pediatrics, perinatal care, adolescent services, infant mortality, day care, and sex education.

Keywords: Child health services, Health care financing, International programs, Maternal health services, Sweden, United Kingdom

1974. Infant mortality around the world. Unpublished manuscript, 140 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses the status of infant mortality around the world; Inter-American investigation of mortality in childhood; patterns of mortality in infancy and early childhood; methods of efforts to reduce infant mortality in World Health Organization Southeast Asia region; infant mortality; methodologic advances in the study of infant mortality; and infant mortality in Sweden.

Keywords: Central America, Child mortality, Infant mortality, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Sweden, World Health Organization

Harris HJ. 1919. Maternity benefit systems in certain foreign countries. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 206 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 57; Legal series; no. 3)

Annotation: This report describes the various maternity benefit systems in selected foreign countries as of 1918. These systems are designed to protect the health of mothers and children by providing adequate medical and nursing care in childbirth and by lessening the financial burden of childbearing so mothers may be insured a reasonable period free from excessive labor. Information on the methods of administration, cost, and other details of operation of the different systems is also provided. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Google Books, Web Site: http://www.books.google.com

Keywords: Australia, Austria, Childbirth, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, MCH programs, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Obstetrical care, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Welfare programs
   

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