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Fitzgerald AK, Collins A. 1991. Adult service clubs and their programs for youth. Washington, DC: Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development; Springfield, VA: distributed by ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 83 pp. (ERIC reports)

Annotation: This report contains the results of an analysis of a number of adult service clubs run by national voluntary groups with the reputation of helping the youth in the communities where they work. The study focused on the organizational mission, the membership motivation, the impact of the structure of the organization on their operations, and the perceptions these groups have about adolescents and the risks they face. The report discusses the methodology, summarizes the findings, recommends potential changes, and provides profiles of the groups in the study.

Keywords: Adults, High risk adolescents, National organizations, Program development, Program evaluation, Social development, Voluntary organizations

U.S. Children's Bureau. 1914. New Zealand society for the health of women and children: An example of methods of baby-saving work in small towns and rural districts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 18 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 6; Infant mortality series; no. 2)

Annotation: This monograph reports on the work of the New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, founded in 1907, to reduce infant mortality and improve the health of the people of New Zealand. The report provides statistics on the decline of infant mortality during its first five years of operation from 8% to 4% and describes the strategies used by the Society to achieve these results. These include the development of local committees, the work of visiting nurses, and the development and distribution of baby care publications and newspaper columns on baby care. Recommendations for adopting similar strategies in the United States are presented in the conclusions. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: Infant mortality, MCH programs, New Zealand, Voluntary organizations
   

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