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Displaying records 21 through 31 (31 total).

Fitzgerald M, ed. 1999. Lessons learned 1999: Profiles of leading urban health department initiatives in maternal and child health—From the CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference. Omaha, NE: CityMatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 183 pp.

Annotation: This directory profiles 72 urban MCH programs of city and county health departments across the nation whose jurisdictions include one or more cities of 100, 000 population; the programs represent one of the health department's most successful MCH efforts during the 1999 year. The profiles are presented in alphabetical order, by city and by state where the local health department is located. Each profile includes contact information, essential MCH functions and initiatives, funding sources, and budget. It also includes a description of objectives, activities, barriers faced and overcome, health department roles, accomplishments, and lessons learned. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: CityMatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 982170 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2170, Telephone: (402) 552-9500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.citymatch.org $15.00. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHM019.

Keywords: City health agencies, Initiatives, Local MCH programs, Program descriptions, Urban MCH programs

Peck MG, Fitzgerald M, eds. 1998. Lessons learned 1997: Profiles of urban health department initiatives in maternal and child health—From the CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, September 1997. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, CityMatCH, 198 pp.

Annotation: This directory profiles 92 urban MCH programs of city and county health departments across the nation. The intent of this compendium of current practices is to put ideas forth for consideration. The profiles are presented in alphabetical order, by state and by city where the local health department is located. Each profile includes a description of objectives, activities, barriers faced and overcome, health department roles, funding, accomplishments, and lessons learned. Contact information is listed at the beginning of each profile to allow direct follow up with the health department. The profiles have been indexed by essential MCH program functions, by standard categories of MCH approaches, and by targeted MCH populations. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: City health agencies, Conferences, Local MCH programs, Program descriptions, Urban MCH programs

Peck MG, Koenig DG, eds. [1997]. Lessons learned 1996: Profiles of urban health department MCH efforts. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, CityMatCH, 167 pp.

Annotation: This directory profiles 72 urban MCH programs of city and county health departments across the nation whose jurisdictions include one or more cities of 100,000 population and which represent one of the health department's most successful MCH efforts during the 1996 year. The profiles are presented in alphabetical order, by state and by city where the local health department is located. Each profile includes a description of objectives, activities, barriers faced and overcome, health department roles, accomplishments, and lessons learned. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: City health agencies, Local MCH programs, Program descriptions, Urban MCH programs

Bullerdiek HW, Simpson PS, Peck MG. 1996. What works III: 1995 focus on school health in urban communities. Omaha, NE: CityMatch, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 226 pp., summ. (7 pp.)

Annotation: This report gives the findings of a 1995 survey of urban maternal and child health programs to determine their participation in school health. Part I describes the survey and its major findings. Part II describes the barriers urban health departments encounter as they become involved in school health, in the categories of attitudes, resources, society, and systems. Part III describes successful initiatives. Appendices provide the survey instrument, a directory of urban MCH programs, their involvement with school-based and school-linked health centers, a list of services provided, and a list of publications/resources reviewed. An executive summary is available separately. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: City health agencies, Directories, Financing, School health education, School health services, Surveys, Urban MCH programs, Urban schools

Koenig DG, Peck G, eds. 1996. The road to community partnerships: Highlights of the 1995 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Boston, MA: CityMatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 164 pp.

Annotation: This report presents materials from the 1995 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference, which was held in Chicago Sept. 14-16, 1995. It includes two-page profiles of a number of MCH efforts, lists of participants and speakers, and selected remarks. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, City health agencies, Collaboration, Community participation, Conferences, Local MCH programs, Maternal health, Urban population

Bullerdiek HW, Simpson PS, Peck MG. 1995. What works III: Focus on school health in urban communities—1995 CityMatCH Survey of Urban and Child Health Programs. Omaha, NE: City MatCH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 181 pp.

Annotation: This book provides information on school health issues in urban areas from the perspective of local health departments. It discusses the results of the 1995 CityMatCH survey of school health in urban communities; the obstacles urban health departments are encountering as they become involved in school health and strategies for dealing with attitudes, resources, society, and systems; and current efforts, innovations, and funding sources for MCH programs. The volume ends with appendices, including the survey forms, a list of responding health departments, and a directory of MCH programs and leadership.

Keywords: Child health, City health agencies, Financing, Health programs, School health programs, Urban MCH programs, Urban schools

Peck MG, ed. 1994. Improving urban MCH linkages: Highlights of the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Omaha, NE: CityMatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 247 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings of the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference contain selected conference presentations, profiles of successful urban MCH programs, and lists of planners and attendees of the conference. Presentations covered improving urban MCH linkages and the role of urban health departments in Medicaid managed care. Presentations featured Pittsburgh's Alliance for Infants; the Child Health Network of Orange County, California; and Boston's experiences with managed care. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.]

Keywords: Child health, City health agencies, Conferences, Interagency cooperation, Local MCH programs, Maternal health, Urban population

Peck MG, ed. 1993. Strengthening Urban MCH Capacity: Urban Maternal and Child Health 1992 Leadership Conference: Conference highlights. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, CityMatCH, ca. 154 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings of the 1992 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference contain highlights of the CityMatCH Plenary Session, including opening remarks, and presentations on federal perspectives on urban maternal and child health, dispelling the myths of urban families and children, and maternal and child health services in the cities. The main portion of this document is devoted to 1992 profiles of 57 successful urban maternal and child health programs. The conference program, planning committee, and registrants appear as appendices. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, City health agencies, Conferences, Local MCH programs, Maternal health, Urban population

Peck M, ed. 1990. What works: 1990 urban MCH programs, a directory of maternal and child health programs in major urban health departments. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, CityMatCH, 91 pp.

Annotation: This directory is based on the 1990 Followup Survey of Maternal and Child Health in Major Urban Health Departments in the United States conducted by the CityMatCH Project. The directory includes current information about MCH programs in urban health departments across the country and is designed to assist public health practitioners and others who are concerned about the status of maternal and child health at the local level. Background information about the CityMatCH Project and survey methods are presented in the first chapter. An overview of survey findings across all responding health departments is given in the second chapter. The third chapter provides descriptions of successful MCH initiatives and strategies, including initiatives on prenatal care, perinatal substance abuse, infant mortality reduction, postneonatal mortality reduction, and child health. Contact information for major urban MCH programs and their leaders is listed in the fourth chapter. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHD084.

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Keywords: City health agencies, Infant mortality, Perinatal addiction, Prenatal care, Substance abuse

Janney AM, Langer G, Hochman M. 1984. Preliminary survey of lead poisoning prevention programs in ten regions: In depth review of activities in twenty selected states. Washington, DC: ICF Incorporated, ca. 60 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the findings of a preliminary survey of lead poisoning prevention programs around the nation and reviews the efforts in twenty states. It reports general trends in states, provides regional summaries, reports state lead poisoning prevention programs, lead poisoning prevention programs in large cities, and other lead poisoning prevention programs. The report ends with a list of contacts.

Keywords: City health agencies, EPSDT, Lead poisoning prevention programs, State programs

Miller CA, Moos M-K, with Brainard MP, Brown ML, Kotch JB. 1981. Local health departments: Fifteen case studies. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 499 pp.

Annotation: This book presents case studies of fifteen local health departments with an emphasis on their roles as providers of personal medical health care in order to determine quality of provider systems and to help community and public health leaders with possible models to emulate. Each case study includes the following: 1) environmental and historical features, 2) demographic characteristics, 3) health status of population 4) area health resources, 5) history of the department, 6) programs and services overview, 7) personnel, funding, and budget, 8) organizational structure and administration, 9) relationships of the health department with the local, state, and federal government, and 10) personal and nonpersonal health care services. An appendix provides sample protocols of the interviews used to gather some of the information.

Contact: American Public Health Association, 800 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 777-2742 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.apha.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-87553-094-X.

Keywords: Case studies, City health agencies, Community health centers, Community surveys, Models, Provider surveys

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