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Annotation: This report discusses the effectiveness of diabetes education on metabolic control, diabetes-related hospitalizations, complications, and knowledge, quality of life, and other psychosocial outcomes for children with type 1 diabetes and their families. Data sources, methods, and results are presented.

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Keywords: Child health, Diabetes mellitus, Education, Families, Research

Annotation: These tip sheets provide information for adolescents with diabetes to help manage the disease and feel better. Items in the series include (1) what is diabetes?, (2) be active!, (3) stay at a healthy weight, (4) make healthy food choices, (5) dealing with the ups and downs of diabetes, and (6) lower your risk for type 2 diabetes. Tips on each topic are provided along with other resources for information.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Consumer education materials, Diabetes insipidus, Diabetes mellitus, Health promotion, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Self esteem

Annotation: This report focuses on the use of community-led interventions to alter risky health behaviors among minority populations who have higher rates of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, high blood cholesterol levels, diabetes, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and obesity than their white counterparts. The report, which includes an executive summary, discusses racial and ethnic health disparities; reducing racial and ethnic health disparities through community interventions; tailored community interventions at work; community interventions in the African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander populations; budget implications; and policy recommendations. A conclusion and endnotes are included.

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Keywords: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Blacks, Community programs, Diabetes mellitus, Ethnic factors, Financing, High risk groups, Hispanic Americans, Hypertension, Intervention, Obesity, Pacific Islanders, Physical activity, Public policy, Racial factors, Risk factors, Smoking

Annotation: This report provides the results of a survey sent to all partners of the National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health. The survey evaluated partners' progress on specific objectives and strategies outlined in the initiative and asked about their future needs. Contents include a description of the Initiative; evaluation methods used for the survey; and results, conclusions, and recommendations. Appendices include action steps,ways to help organizations meet their technical needs, organizations to be included in the initiative, success stories, and a list of organizations participating in the survey.

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Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, National initiatives, Needs assessment, Research, Surveys, Women's health

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information (in English and Spanish) about diabetes and encourages adolescents with diabetes to take action to manage their disease for a healthy life. Topic include why it is important to eat healthy foods, how foods affect the body, what foods are healthy to eat, whether it's okay to eat sweet foods, and how much to eat.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Consumer education materials, Diabetes mellitus, Food consumption, Nutrition, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This document provides examples of state-based programs that make a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of chronic disease in the United States. Topics include aging, arthritis, block grants: preventing chronic disease, cancer, diabetes, healthy mothers and healthy babies, healthy youth, heart disease and stroke, nutrition and physical activity, oral health; prevention research enters, racial and ethnic approaches to community health, and tobacco.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Arthritis, Block grants, Cancer, Child health, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Communities, Community programs, Diabetes mellitus, Disease prevention, Health promotion, Heart diseases, Infant health, Maternal health, Model programs, Nutrition, Oral health, Physical activity, State programs, Strokes, Tobacco

Annotation: This book, which is geared toward health professionals and educators on nutrition and adolescent pregnancy, focuses on the biological, psychosocial, and cognitive changes that begin during puberty and continue through adolescence, which directly affect nutritional status and nutrient needs. Topics include adolescent growth and development; understanding adolescent eating behaviors; nutrition needs of adolescents; nutrition, screening, and intervention; nutrition education and counseling; promoting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors; the overweight adolescent; the underweight adolescent; iron deficiency anemia; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; eating disorders; body image and adolescents; diabetes mellitus: type 1 and type 2; reproductive health issues; sports nutrition; vegetarian eating patterns; and adolescents with special health care needs. Some of the information is presented in tables. One appendix containing a list of food sources of vitamins and minerals is included.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescent nutrition, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents with special health care needs, Body image, Diabetes mellitus, Eating disorders, Food habits, Health promotion, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Intervention, Iron deficiency anemia, Nutrition counseling, Nutrition education, Nutritional requirements, Nutritional status, Obesity, Physical activity, Puberty, Reproductive health, Screening, Sports, Underweight, Vegetarianism

Annotation: This knowledge path is a guide to resources about diabetes in children and adolescents. It offers resources for professionals (health professionals, program administrators, and researchers) on topics such as diabetes prevalence, diagnosis, management, type 2 diabetes prevention, and pediatric diabetes research. Separate sections present resources about medications and monitoring and nutrition. Separate briefs point to resources for families and schools. The knowledge path is updated periodically. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Bibliographies, Diabetes mellitus, Electronic publications, Knowledge paths

Annotation: This document includes an overview of the public health implications of diabetes for women's health and discussion of diabetes and women's health during adolescence, during the reproductive years, during the middle years, and during the elder years. The document also presents ten priorities for improving women's health and strategic actions to accomplish them.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Diabetes mellitus, Older adults, Public health, Reproduction, Women's health

Annotation: This final report describes a prospective, longitudinal cohort study of Hispanic mother-infant pairs to examine the extent and impact of maternal central body obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance, and other metabolic abnormalities among pregnant Hispanic women and their infants. The report includes sections on the nature, purpose, scope, methods, and aims of the study; a literature review; an overview of the statistical analyses; the presentation of findings in narrative and statistical table formats; a discussion of findings including conclusions, explanations of limitations, comparisons with other findings; and a final section listing products of the study. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Body composition, Diabetes mellitus, Fetal development, Final reports, Gestational diabetes, Hispanic Americans, Infant health, MCH research, Maternal health, Metabolic disorders, Michigan, Obesity, Pregnancy outcome, Prenatal care, Research methodology

Annotation: This is one of a series of three publications designed for use by community leaders, policymakers, and health officials in their efforts to make their communities healthier. This publication discusses the burden of chronic disease on the United States, the rise in health care spending, the importance of preventing disease, and the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative. Statistics are presented in tables and figures throughout.

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Keywords: Cancer, Communities, Community programs, Diabetes mellitus, Federal initiatives, Health personnel, Health promotion, Heart diseases, Obesity, Prevention, Prevention programs, Strokes

Annotation: This fact sheet provides general information on diabetes and discusses different types of diabetes. It offers strategies for treating and preventing or delaying the disease. The fact sheet also includes national estimates on the prevalence of diabetes among various population groups, the incidence of diabetes, complications from diabetes, and deaths among individuals with diabetes.Data are presented in figures within the fact sheet. The Web site had an additional document, Data Sources, References, and Methods, which gives citations to literature related to various aspects of diabetes.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Asian Americans, Blacks, Child health, Data, Diabetes mellitus, Gestational diabetes, Hawaiians, Hispanic Americans, Mortality, Older adults, Pacific Islanders, Physical activity, Prevention

Annotation: This is one of a series of three publications designed for use by community leaders, policymakers, and health officials in their efforts to make their communities healthier. It is part of the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative. This volume is a how-to guide for learning effective strategies to reduce the burden of diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease, and stroke that also discusses lifestyle choices associated with these diseases, including nutrition and physical activity to combat obesity, tobacco, and school health. The volume consists of examples of programs from numerous states; each example describes the public health problem that it addresses, evidence that prevention works for that problem, a description of the program, and notes about the implications of the program.

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Keywords: Cancer, Communities, Community programs, Diabetes mellitus, Federal initiatives, Health personnel, Health promotion, Heart diseases, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention, Prevention programs, School health, Strokes, Tobacco use

Annotation: This is one of a series of three publications designed for use by community leaders, policymakers, and health officials in their efforts to make their communities healthier. It is part of the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative. For each topic related to reducing the burden of disease (diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases and stroke) and addressing lifestyle choices (healthy eating and physical activity, tobacco control, and school health programs), the volume discusses the problem, progress to date, prevention opportunities, basic infrastructure for addressing the problem, program examples, challenges ahead, technical resources, and references. Statistics are presented in tables and figures throughout.

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Keywords: Cancer, Communities, Community programs, Diabetes mellitus, Health personnel, Health promotion, Heart diseases, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention, Prevention programs, School health, Strokes, Tobacco use

Annotation: This book consists of a collection of essays on topics related to the history of child health in the United States from 1880 to 2000. The book is divided into three parts: (1) pediatrics as a subspecialty, (2) standardizing the child, and (3) discovering new diseases in children. Each part comprises several essays. Essay topics include the origins of scientific pediatrics, the relationship between public health workers and pediatricians, technology, pediatricians as experts in child health, eugenics in the Midwest, adolescent growth and development, school diseases in the late 19th century, juvenile diabetes and the origins of managerial medicine, the discovery of child sexual abuse in America, and fetal alcohol syndrome in the late 20th century. A bibliography, a list of suggested reading, and an index are included.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Child health, Child sexual abuse, Diabetes mellitus, Fetal alcohol syndrome, History, Pediatricians, Pediatrics, Public health, School health, Technology

Annotation: This book presents information from the Nurses' Health Study on a woman's probability of developing specific diseases and suggests how that probability may change with certain alterations in diet, weight control, physical activity, and other lifestyle changes. Part one discusses the Nurses' Health Study and what observations have been made by researchers and what they mean to the study of women's health issues. Part two provides information and suggestions on lowering the risk of diseases. Topics covered include coronary heart disease, different types of cancers, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, asthma, arthritis, age-related eye disease, and Alzheimer's disease. The third part provides information on changing behaviors including physical activity, weight control, smoking, nutrients, foods, alcohol, vitamins and minerals, postmenopausal hormones, birth control, and pain relievers. The appendices give information on types of epidemiological studies; being an informed consumer of health information; and a section on tables on weight and nutrition. The book concludes with a glossary, selected readings, and an index.

Keywords: Alcohols, Alzheimers disease, Analgesic drugs, Antiinflammatory drugs, Arthritis, Asthma, Breast cancer, Cancer, Colon cancer, Coronary care, Diabetes mellitus, Disease prevention, Eye diseases, Family planning, Food, Hormone replacement therapy, Life cycle, Lung cancer, Menopause, Minerals, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Ovarian cancer, Physical activity, Physical activity, Physical fitness, Reproductive health, Research programs, Skin cancers, Smoking, Strokes, Vitamins, Weight management, Women's health, Women's health promotion

Annotation: This book for health and community service professionals and the general public focuses on heart disease risks common among black women. Topics include high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, nutrition, cholesterol, estrogen replacement therapy, and smoking. Alternative treatments such as herbs, vitamins, stress reduction techniques, and visualization techniques are discussed. Appendices include questions for healthcare providers, resources, a stay-on-track checklist, an exercise checklist, and a glossary. An index is provided.

Keywords: Alternative medicine, Blacks, Consumer education materials, Diabetes mellitus, Heart diseases, Hormone replacement therapy, Hypertension, Nutrition, Prevention, Smoking, Women's health

Annotation: This manual describes procedures for implementing a 15-month program, the Family-to-Family Network (FTFN), designed to enhance the quality of life for families with school-aged children with selected chronic physical health conditions. The program, a research project, was operational from March 1997 to June 1999. This manual provides the parent component of the program. The manual is divided into seven sections that cover the following: (1) an overview of the program and its purpose; (2) underlying conceptual rationale and core principles; (3) selection and training of FTFN staff; (4) operational procedures; (5) providing support for and monitoring field work; (6) evaluation of the implementation of the program; and (7) administrative issues. References are provided. Appendices include evaluation materials and project questionnaires. The child portion of the program is addressed in the Kids Program Manual. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Asthma, Children with special health care needs, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes mellitus, Families, Family support services, Intervention, MCH research, Mental health, Sickle cell disease

Annotation: This manual describes procedures for implementing the child component of a 15-month program designed to enhance the quality of life for families with school-aged children with selected chronic physical health conditions. The program, a research project, was operational from March 1997 to June 1999. The child component is referred to as Kids Involved in Discovery and Sharing (KIDS). The child component was developed to enhance children's self-esteem, increase participating childrens' perception of social support, and to problem solve with the children for ways of managing family and social issues that they identified as challenging. The manual is divided into three sections that cover the following: (1) the programs goals and objectives; (2) general procedures for carrying out a visit and for maintaining contact with the children and their mothers between visits; and (3) descriptions of activities, procedures for their implementation, and examples of specific interactions. References are provided. Appendices include a Child Life Specialist (CLS) job description, copies of documentation forms, guidelines for interactions with children that enhance self-esteem, and guidelines for establishing the relationships between the CLS and the parents. A sample K.I.D.S. brochure is attached. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Asthma, Child life workers, Children with special health care needs, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes mellitus, Families, Family support services, Intervention, MCH research, Mental health, Sickle cell disease

Annotation: This book provides information on communication, diagnosis, and therapy for adolescent patients. The authors emphasize the role of the caregiver as a sensitive counselor when interacting with adolescent patients. It is a straightforward and practical reference which presents a review of the most commonly encountered adolescent issues, including: growth and development, chronic illness and disability, substance abuse, sexuality, common medical complaints, adolescent psychosocial concerns such as suicide, depression and eating disorders.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescent medicine, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescents, Asthma, Behavior problems, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Contraception, Depression, Diabetes mellitus, Eating disorders, Headaches, Homosexuality, Infectious mononucleosis, Menstruation, Mental health, Obesity, Pregnant adolescents, Psychosexual development, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sports injuries, Sports injuries, Substance abusers, Suicide, Thyroid diseases, Urinary tract infections