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Annotation: This project sought to reduce the rate of unintentional injuries and deaths among Native American adolescents in New Mexico and the Southwest. Specific goals were to: (1) Improve existing data bases on deaths and disabilities from unintentional injuries among Native American teens; (2) improve culturally relevant injury prevention materials and methodologies for these teens; (3) improve the knowledge, attitudes, and prevention practices regarding unintentional injuries among this population; (4) increase the availability of injury prevention materials and methodologies in Native American junior and senior high schools; and (5) increase the quality and quantity of injury prevention services provided to these teens by health care and tribal agencies. [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 PB93-199206.

Keywords: Southwestern United States, Adolescents, American Indians, Data Bases, Indian Health Service (IHS), Information Clearinghouses, Injuries, Injury Prevention, Mortality

Annotation: This table presents a list of the number and percentage of births financed by Medicaid in each of the 50 united states. The analysis is based on data from the CDC Wonder Online Database.

Contact: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 854-9400 Secondary Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (650) 854-4800 Web Site: http://www.kff.org

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Keywords: Childbirth, Data, Health surveys , Medicaid, Statistical analysis, Statistical data, Statistics, United States

Annotation: This report investigates the reasons for the United States' high infant mortality when compared with European countries. Specifically it measures the impact on infant mortality differences of the percentage of preterm births and gestational age-specific infant mortality rates.

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 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website.

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Keywords: Europe, Infant mortality, Statistics, United States

Annotation: [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, CB# 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Telephone: (919) 966-5011 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.schsr.unc.edu Price unknown.

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Keywords: Data collection, Health statistics, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, MCH programs, Neonatal mortality, Perinatal health, Perinatal mortality, Region IV, SPRANS, Southern United States, Statistics

Annotation: This paper examines how community health workers (CHWs), promotores, and parent mentors can be used to improve the health of children in the Southwest, as well as the health care available to them. The paper provides definitions of CHWs, promotores, and parent mentors and discusses a conceptual framework for providing an understanding of how they can improve children's health and health care; evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness; existing programs; and implications for policy, practice, and research.

Contact: First Focus, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 657-0670 Fax: (202) 657-0671 Web Site: http://www.firstfocus.net Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child abuse, Child health, Community health workers, Community heath services, Costs, Ethnic factors, Health services, High risk groups, Hispanic Americans, Income factors, Low income groups, Low income groups, Programs, Public policy, Racial factors, Research, Southwestern United States, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This presentation outlines trends in abortion in the United States for the 35-year period from 1973 through 2008. Included are statistics on the annual number of legal abortions; deaths associated with abortion after its legalization; changes in the abortion rate after its legalization; and abortion rates by population (including teenagers, white women, black women, and Hispanic women). The statistics also indicate abortion rates among poor and low income women, unmarried women, and women who have had a previous abortion. Other data indicates when abortions art most likely to occur; how many abortions occurred as a result of early medication provisions; changes in the number of abortion providers in the United States; differences across states; and other statistics and trends related to cost, insurance provisions, and state regulations related to parental consent and other variables.

Contact: Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, Telephone: (212) 248-1111 Secondary Telephone: (800) 355-0244 Fax: (212) 248-1951; Washington, D.C. Office (202) 223-5756 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.guttmacher.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Abortion, Data, Legislation, Slides, Statistics, Trends, United States

Annotation: This chartbook presents findings from a national survey of women ages 18 to 64 conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2008 to collect data on women's experiences in the U. S. health care system. It includes data on their reported health status, use of preventive and screening services, access to care, insurance coverage, work and family health issues, and interactions with the health care delivery system. The data also highlight differences in experience between various sub groups of women, particularly those who are at risk for poor access to care, those who are low-income, and women of color. The survey builds on data collected during previous women's health surveys conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2001 and 2004.

Contact: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 854-9400 Secondary Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (650) 854-4800 Web Site: http://www.kff.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Data, National surveys, Reports, Service delivery systems, Statistical analysis, Statistics, United States, Women', s health

Annotation: This issue of Northwest Bulletin: Family and Child Health focuses on the impact of deployment on children's mental health, and the services and programs available to support military families in the Northwest region of the United State (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington). Topics include strengthening the coping skills of children of military families, behavioral health resources available on military installations, removing barriers to education success among military children in schools, identifying risk behaviors for youth with parents in the military, service supports for military families, support for children with special developmental needs in the military health system, the maternal and child public health leadership training program, and other resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: University of Washington, School of Public Health, Box 357230, Seattle, WA 98195-3813, Telephone: (206) 543-1144 Fax: (206) 543-3813 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://sph.washington.edu/index.asp Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child mental health, Children with special health care needs, Family health, MCH programs, Mental health services, Military, Northwestern United States

Annotation: This report builds on the publication, Growing Up in North America, Child Well-Being in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which provides an overview of the status of children within and across the three countries in North America and gives baseline information that policymakers, politicians, and children's advocates can use to make decisions. The present report examines 58 health and safety indicators, which are organized according to the environments that influence children's development and impact their well-being. The report highlights basic indicators such as infant health, death rates, and access to health care services; points to emerging health issues in the three nations such as mental health and nutrition; and examines some particularly challenging issues facing adolescents in North America. Endnotes are included.

Contact: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone: (410) 547-6600 Fax: (410) 547-6624 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aecf.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent health, Canada, Child development, Child health, International health, Mental health, Mexico, Nutrition, Public policy, Safety, United States

Annotation: This book explores the history of the founding and progress of the field of child development from the late 1800s up to World War II. Topics in part one of the book, encompassing 1893-1910, include the rise of social research, feminism, the child study movement, scientific child rearing, parent education, social welfare reform and reform-minded scientsts. Part two provides an overview of the creation of models from 1910-1921. Contents include the establishment of the Children's Bureau, research perspectives from juvenile delinquency to child guidance, and a case study of the methods used in the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station to grow better crops, better pigs, and better children. The third section reviews breakthroughs during the period from 1922 to 1940. It discusses the "Children's Decade" of the 1920s, child development research and preventive politics, a case study of the Yale Clinic, activities of the Child Guidance Movement and its transformation to child psychiatry, and the continued activities of the Children's Bureau.

Contact: Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040, Telephone: (203) 432-0960 Fax: (203) 432-0948 Web Site: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp $32.00 for paperback, plus shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 9780300144352.

Keywords: Behavioral sciences, Biological sciences, Child development, Child health, Child health programs, Child rearing, Children, Children', Federal agencies, History, Mother child relations, Mothers, Parent education, Pediatrics, Social sciences, United States, s Bureau

Annotation: This report reviews the successes and failures of the past 20 years of the work of the Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality, a joint project of the Council of State Governments' Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) and the Southern Governors' Association (SGA). It also compares statistical data on the infant mortality rate among the 16 SLC member states, explores the growth and advancement of preventive programs and measures available in each state, and highlights the current basic government provisions used to curtail the infant death rate.

Contact: Southern Legislative Conference, P.O. Box 98129, Atlanta, GA 30359, Telephone: (404) 622-1866 Web Site: http://www.slcatlanta.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Infant mortality, Prevention programs, Southern United States, State surveys

Annotation: This chartbook, which updates a similar 2002 publication, offers data on conditions that place children in the South at risk. The chartbook is divided into the following categories: economic status, child care, child abuse and neglect, education, health coverage and health care, and benefits to support lower-income families. In addition to charts supplying statistical information, each section also includes introductory text as well as a s summary of what the charts show. Four appendices include supporting data tables, Southern region demographic data, contiguous United States Poverty Guidelines 2002-2004, and Southern Institute on Children and Families publications. The chartbook includes endnotes and a bibliography.

Contact: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29201, Telephone: (803) 779-2607 Fax: (803) 254-6301 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Child care, Child neglect, Children, Data, Economic factors, Education, Families, Health care, Health insurance, Low income groups, Southern United States, State programs

Annotation: The recommendations in this report guide oral health and other health professionals, public health officials, policymakers, and the public in using fluoride to achieve maximum protection against dental caries while reducing the likelihood of enamel fluorosis. The recommendations address public health and professional practice, self-care, consumer product industries, and health agencies.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Oral Health, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth Available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Dental caries, Disease prevention, Fluorides, Guidelines, Infants, Oral health, Parents, United States, Water

Annotation: This report focuses on maternal and child health statistics for the Russian Federation and the United States. The report covers a broad range of health measures including the following: prenatal care, pregnancy complications, abortion, method of delivery, birth order, births to unmarried women, births by age of mother, infant mortality, maternal mortality, child mortality by age group, immunizations, morbidity in the Russian Federation, hospitalization in the United States, and communicable diseases. The report also includes a discussion of data quality issues to assist in understanding limitations in the accuracy, coverage, or comparability of the information presented. A background section provides a brief description of the organization of each country's health care system, as well as an outline of national guidelines for the provision of maternal and child health care. The report also contains 24 tables covering population size, prenatal and obstetrical care, abortions, natality data, breastfeeding practices, mortality data including causes of death, immunization rates, communicable diseases, and other morbidity measures. The report provides additional detail, when available, for key subgroups of each population: In the Russian Federation, data are presented for urban and rural regions; in the United States, for black and white racial groups. In the final section of the report, a glossary of terms provides additional detail on differences in definitions between the two countries.

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 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website. Document Number: PHS 99-1486.

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Keywords: Abortion, Child health, Child health services, Child mortality, Childbirth, Communicable diseases, Health statistics, Hospitalization, Immunization programs, Infant health services, Infant mortality, Maternal age, Maternal health, Maternal health services, Maternal mortality, Morbidity, Pregnancy complications, Premarital pregnancy, Prenatal care, Racial factors, Rural population, Russia, United States, Urban population, Vital statistics

Annotation: This report, written in response to a Congressional request, evaluates state efforts to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV and analyzes the existing barriers to the further reduction in such transmission. This report addresses ways to increase prenatal testing, improve therapy for HIV infected women and children, and generally reduce perinatal HIV infections. The report also considers the ethical and public health issues associated with screening policies as prevention tools, and their implications for prevention and treatment opportunities for women and infants.

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: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHL049; ISBN 0-309-06286-1.

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Keywords: AIDS, HIV, Infants, Pregnancy, Prevention, Reports, State programs, Therapeutics, United States

Annotation: This textbook provides an introduction to the United States health care system and an overview of the professional, political, social, and economic forces that have shaped it and will continue to do so. It is intended to serve as a text for introductory courses on the organization of health care in the United States for students in all fields of health and allied health professional education. Chapter topics are: (1) an overview of health care, (2) benchmark developments in health care, (3) the history of hospitals, (4) the future of hospitals, (5) primary care, (6) medical education, (7) health personnel, (8) financing health care, (9) managed care, (10) long term care, (11) mental health services, (12) public health and the government role, (13) medical research, and (14) the future of health care.

Contact: Aspen Publishers, 76 Ninth Avenue, Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10011, Telephone: (800) 234-1660 Secondary Telephone: (212) 771-0600 Fax: (212) 771-0885 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.aspenpublishers.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8342-1167-X.

Keywords: Allied health personnel, Benchmarking, Financing, Government role, Health education, Health personnel, Health services, Hospitals, Long term care, Managed care, Medical education, Mental health services, Primary care, Professional education, Public health, Textbooks, United States

Annotation: This report describes a regional outreach initiative to help southern states identify ways to improve access to benefits for low-income working families with children. The report describes the development of information outreach materials, child health coverage, child care assistance, transportation solutions, and options for earned income tax credit. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29201, Telephone: (803) 779-2607 Fax: (803) 254-6301 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child care services, Child health, Children, Families, Health insurance, Information dissemination, Low income groups, Southern United States, Tax credits, Transportation of patients

Annotation: This action brief reports on a forum in which public agencies, community organizations and private sector health plans shared outreach strategies and approaches for enrolling children in health care plans. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: California, Children, Managed care, Medicaid, Pennsylvania, State Children', Uninsured persons, United States, s Health Insurance Program

Annotation: The subject of this book is the relationship between women and health care institutions, particularly how women experience health care and seek to change it. The specific objectives are to examine the social and historical context of women's health as a recurring public issue in the United States, to investigate current health care delivery issues for women and models for change, and to consider how women's health issues can be incorporated in health care policy making. Chapter one presents some concepts and theoretical perspectives guiding the sociohistorical consideration of women's health as a public issue and of gender as an attribute of health care. Chapter two provides a historical overview of five episodes of public attention to women's health issues that constitute waves in the women's health "mega movement." Chapter three considers the claim that women are disadvantaged because of inequitable access to the benefits of health care. Chapter four addresses the issue of whether women's health care ought to be delivered by women providers or in separate organizations for women. And chapter five provides a discussion of how women's concerns can be incorporated into health care policy making.

Contact: AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 292-6700 Fax: (202) 292-6800 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.academyhealth.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8018-5825-9.

Keywords: Health care reform, History, Policy development, Political processes, Sociocultural factors, United States, Women, Women', Women', s health, s health services

Annotation: This chart book is intended to document current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and to describe how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. The book is designed to educate Americans about the facts surrounding the issue of race in America. The charts show key indicators of well-being in seven broad categories: population, education, labor markets, economic status, health, crime and criminal justice, and housing and neighborhoods. This information is provided to be used as a benchmark for measuring future progress and can highlight priority areas for reducing disparities in well-being across racial and ethnic groups. The indicators in the charts were selected on the basis of their importance for economic well-being, as well as the quality and availability of data. The appendix indicates how to access additional information on these topics from federal government agencies.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-049616-0.

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Keywords: Benchmarking, Bibliographies, Crime, Economics, Education, Health status, Housing, Minority groups, Population dynamics, Race, Racial factors, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics, United States, World Wide Web