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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. 2011. CDC National Survey of Maternity Care Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Annotation: Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) is a national survey of maternity care practices and policies that is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every 2 years beginning in 2007. The survey is mailed to all facilities with registered maternity beds in the United States and Territories. The web site contains an overview of the latest survey results and how progress is being made toward national goals for breastfeeding and infant nutrition and why the survey is important. Reports from the survey results are also provided on maternity care practices, facility benchmarks, and state reports. Additional sections on the web site include how the mPINC scores are calculated, sample questionnaires

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Infant nutrition, Maternity hospitals, National surveys, Newborn infants

Fahey C, Frazier B, Buenaflor C, Haydu S, Shields L, Saraiva C, Panchula J. 2011. Birth and Beyond California: Hospital Breastfeeding Quality Improvement and Staff Training Demonstration Project Report. [Sacramento, CA]: California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, 31 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the Birth and Beyond California: Hospital Breastfeeding Quality Improvement and Staff Training Project (BBC), a demonstration project initiated by the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, California Department of Public Health. BBC was designed to increase exclusive in-hospital breastfeeding rates (i.e., feeding infants only human milk). The report discusses project development, evaluation findings, and lessons learned.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding promotion, California, Evaluation, Health promotion. Prevention, Hospitals, Infant health, Perinatal health, Public policy, State programs, Women's health

Cribs for Kids. 2011. Hospital initiative toolkit. Pittsburgh, PA: Cribs for Kids,

Annotation: This toolkit provides materials for starting a hospital-based infant safe sleep program designed to (1) provide accurate and consistent infant safe sleep information to hospital personnel including medical, nursing, breastfeeding, child birth education, and nutritional staff; (2) enabling the hospital to implement and model infant safe sleep practices throughout their facility; and (3) provide direction to health care professionals so that safe sleep education for parents is consistent and repetitive. It gives guidance on achieving program acceptance and on curriculum development. It provides resources to use in the program, including manuals, policies, and consumer materials.

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Keywords: Hospitals, Infants, Program development, Safety, Sleep position, Training materials

Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Center for Healthier Communities. 2011. School/nurse coordination improves assessment compliance. [San Diego, CA]: Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Center for Healthier Communities, 1 p. (Community health brief)

Annotation: This brief describes a partnership between a school district and a children's hospital to increase compliance with state law requiring all students in kindergarten and first grade entering public school for the first time to receive an oral health assessment. Contents include information about the district's contract with the hospital to provide the health team for its 10 elementary schools and preschool program, the standardized format and forms for data collection and reporting, and coordination and implementation of the oral-health-assessment plan (screening by volunteers and referral to the school nurse for follow-up care). Topics include the percentage of children identified with urgent, possible, and no oral concerns by school and compliance rates for select schools and the district as a whole.

Keywords: California, Contract services, Dental caries, Elementary schools, Legal responsibility, Legislation, Local initiatives, Model programs, Nurses, Oral health, Pediatric hospitals, Referrals, Risk assessment, School age children, School districts, School health services, Screening, Statistical data

Cantrell C. 2010. Electronic enrollment of newborns into Medicaid: Insights from Oklahoma. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 4 pp. (State health policy briefing)

Annotation: This issue brief focuses on Oklahoma's recent implementation of an electronic enrollment system (migrated from a paper-based system) for newborns in hospitals. The brief discusses the system's development and benefits from the system, including improvements in efficiency and program analysis, immediate billing for services, facilitating establishment of medical homes, and reduced administrative costs.

Keywords: Costs, Health care systems, Hospitals, Information systems, Medical homes, Newborn infants, Oklahoma, Online systems, State programs, Systems development

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. 2010. Coordinating pediatric medical care during an influenza pandemic: Hospital workbook. [Oak Ridge, TN]: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 81 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this workbook is to assist hospitals in the process of coordinating pediatric influenza-like illness medical care across a community during an influenza pandemic. The workbook lists six areas that children's hospitals should address when coordinating medical care for pediatric influenza-like illness and provides guidance about how to address each area.

Keywords: Communities, Health care, Influenza, Pediatric hospitals, Service coordination

Hartwell CL. 2010. The many faces of America's children's hospitals: Spotlight on children's hospitals within hospitals. Philadelphia, PA: Health Strategies and Solutions, 16 pp.

Annotation: This white paper provides information about different types of children's hospitals and discusses the pros and cons of children's hospitals within general hospitals vs. freestanding children's hospitals. The paper discusses the pressure to choose which type of hospital to develop, children's hospital within a hospital genres, selecting an appropriate children's hospital genre, what every children's hospital must have, the four genres (freestanding look-alike, neonatal intensive care unit-centric, system consolidator, and community hospital) and the outlook for children's hospitals within hospitals.

Keywords: Child health, Costs, Hospitals, Infant health, Neonatal intensive care units, Financing, Public policy

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, FOCUS on a Fitter Future. 2010. Focus on a fitter future: Survival guide -- planning, building, and sustaining a pediatric obesity program. [Alexandria, VA]: National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, 64 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides strategies for institutions working to prevent and treat obesity in children. The guide is an outcome of FOCUS on a Fitter Future -- an initiative of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions to address the role of children's medical facilities in combating pediatric obesity while building consensus on performance measurement and quality improvement. The guide is divided into the following sections: (1) starting with a vision, (2) building the program, and (3) the sustainability challenge. Topics include developing a needs assessment, collaborative planning, and defining and measuring outcomes. Appendices include examples of weight management treatment programs; a sample business plan; and a payment template and sample authorization form. A glossary and sustainability guide checklist are also included.

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Keywords: Child health, Measures, Obesity, Pediatric hospitals, Prevention programs, Program planning, Sustainability, Treatment centers

Cowan S. 2009. Safe start education: Supporting health professionals with influencing infant safety. NZ: Change for Our Children, 23 pp.

Annotation: This resource is for midwife educators and other professional groups in New Zealand who are engaged in education of parents about best practice infant care. It covers the triple risk model, the triple protection model, infant positioning, fetal and infant effects of exposure to smoke, accidental asphyxia, sleeping environment, head shape, grey zone deaths (deaths that are between "definitely SIDS" and "definitely not"), priority babies, NICU and SCBU settings, and parent education.

Keywords: Health professionals, Hospitals, Infant death, Midwives, New Zealand, Prevention, SIDS, Training

Wilson-Stronks A, Lee KK, Cordero CL, Kopp AL, Galvez E. 2008. One size does not fit all: Meeting the health care needs of diverse populations. Oakbrooke Terrace, IL: Joint Commission, 58 pp.

Annotation: The goal of this report is to provide a framework for hospitals to develop and employ practices for meeting the needes of diverse populations. The report provides an introduction and discusses the methodology, building a foundation, collecting and using data to improve services, acommodating the needs of specific populations, and establishing internal and external collaborations. A self-assessment tool on tailoring initiatives to meet the needs of diverse populations is provided. Endnotes and a glossary are included.

Keywords: Health care, Health services, Assessment, Cultural competence, Cultural diversity, Hospitals, Language barriers, Minority groups

Allegheny County Health Department, Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Team and American Academy of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Chapter. [2007]. Model hospital policy manual and tool kit: Incorporating infant safe sleep practices in a health care setting/tool kit for educating parents and caregivers about infant safe sleep. Pittsburgh, PA: Allegheny County Health Department, 1 v.

Annotation: This manual about safe sleep practices is intended to provide hospitals and other health care facilities with information about implementing and modeling such practices within their facility as well as to educate parents and caregivers about infant safe sleep. The manual primarly comprises a tool kit that is divided into two parts: (1) reasons stated for not following infant safe sleep practices and (2) topics related to SIDS and infant safe sleep. The manual also includes a list of resources and pocket inserts, as well as 15 attachments, including a SIDS definition; collages of infant safe and unsafe sleep positions and environments; information about sleep positions and aspiration; tummy time; bedsharing alternatives, swaddling, and crib safety; and national SIDS data.

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Hospitals, Infant death, Infant health, Manuals, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 2007-2022. Breastfeeding report card, United States. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 9 pp.

Annotation: This annual report provides perspectives on state and national trends in breastfeeding. Topics include breastfeeding rates from the U.S. National Immunization Survey, birth facility support, mother-to-mother support, professional support, infrastructure, and support in child care settings. Each report contains information on what's new since the release of the first report in 2007, as well as information on how states can use the report card to improve breastfeeding rates. State-by-state data tables are included.

Keywords: Breastfeeding promotion, Hospitals, Legislation, Measures, Parent support services, State programs, Statistical data

Tennessee Newborn Screening Program. 2007. Metabolic/genetic newborn screening program in Tennessee: Guide for practitioners. Nashville, TN: Tennessee Newborn Screening Program, Tennessee Department of Health, 10 pp.

Annotation: This guide describes the metabolic and genetic newborn screening program in Tennessee. Topics covered include (1) Tennessee law; (2) excerpts taken from rules and regulations; (3) hospital responsibility; (4) state laboratory and maternal and child newborn screening follow-up section responsibilities; (5) weekend and holiday calls; (6) primary care provider responsibilities and follow-up; (7) list of endocrinologists, genetic, and sickle cell centers; and (8) metabolic and genetic disorders.

Keywords: Genetic disorders, Genetic screening, Hospitals, Legislation, Metabolic diseases, Neonatal screening, Primary care, Screening tests, State programs, Tennessee

Save the Children, Domestic Emergencies Unit. 2007. The unique needs of children in emergencies: A guide for the inclusion of children in emergency operations plans. Westport, CT: Save the Children, Domestic Emergencies Unit, 32 pp.

Annotation: This guide was created to help local and state emergency managers and coordinators in their efforts to develop and maintain a supplemental document (in addition to the community's standard emergency operations plan) that addresses children's particular needs. The guide discusses why a special document for children is needed, the planning process in brief, and drafting the document. The guide include eight appendices: (1) a protocol to identify and protect displace children, (2) a child identification survey, (3) psychological effects of disasters on children, (4) special psychological needs of children following disasters, (5) disaster response information for school crisis teams, (6) hospital decontamination and the pediatric patient, (7) legal considerations for working with children in disasters, and (8) registry information from schools, child care centers, and other facilities that care for children.

Keywords: Child care centers, Children, Communities, Disaster planning, Disasters, Emergencies, Hospitals, Mental health, Schools

Tumarkin L, Browne D, Casey M. 2006. Giving birth in the dark: City hospitals still failing to provide legally mandated maternity information. [New York, NY]: Public Advocate for the City of New York, 10 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses New York City hospitals' failure to provide site-specific statistics on delivery procedures to all incoming maternity patients and all members of the public upon request, as well as the high citywide cesarean rates. The report provides backgrounds on the growing trend toward surgical births and why the increasing rate of cesarean sections is a concern, discusses the study methodology and findings, and provides recommendations. One appendix is included: a table comparing cesarean section rates in New York City hospitals for the years 2003 and 2004.

Keywords: Cesarean section, Childbirth, Hospitals, New York, New York, Trends

First Candle. 2006. Sample policy and procedures: Safe sleep practices for the well baby nursery. [Baltimore, MD]: First Candle, 6 pp. (Model behavior)

Annotation: This booklet developed as part of the campaign titled Model Behavior: The most important modeling job of your life, whose ultimate goal to ensure that every parent leaving a hospital is aware of and prepared to adopt safe sleep messages. Topics include sleep position, bedding/soft materials,, bedsharing, swaddling or bundling, smoking, and pacifier use. The booklet includes practices for the well baby unit (WBU) and tips for WBU parent education.

Keywords: Hospitals, Infant health, Newborns, Parenting skills, Prevention, Resources for professionals, SIDS, Sleep

First Candle. 2006. Model behavior [poster]. [Baltimore, MD]: First Candle, 1 p. (Model behavior)

Annotation: This poster was developed as part of the campaign titled Model Program: The Most Important Modeling Job of Your Life. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to ensure that every parent leaving a hospital is aware of and prepared to adopt safe sleep messages. The poster illustrates things nurses should do in the hospital so parents know what to do to keep their baby safe when they go home.

Keywords: Hospitals, Nurses, Prevention programs, SIDS

First Candle. 2006. Sample policy and procedures: Safe sleep practices for the neonatal intensive care unit. [Baltimore, MD]: First Candle, 6 pp. (Model behavior)

Annotation: This guide, directed to neonatal intensive care professionals, discusses the role of staff in educating and training parents in infant care methods that reduce the likelihood of sudden infant death syndrome. Method areas include: Sleep position, bedding materials, crib/bedsharing, swaddling, smoking, and pacifier use. The guide is part of the Model Behavior series.

Keywords: Hospitals, Infant care, Infant equipment, Infant mortality, Nurse patient relations, Prevention, SIDS, Sleep position

Bishop G, Jacobs L, ed. 2006. Childbirth at a crossroads in southeastern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: Maternity Care Coalition, 45 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on health and policy issues related to childbirth (i.e., from pregnancy to the postpartum period) for women in southeastern Pennsylvania. The report discusses the state of childbirth options and care in the area. The report covers the following topics: (1) increased diversity and a strained health care delivery complex, (2) lack of access to health care, (3) loss of practiyioners and hospitals, (4) health care inequities, and (5) 21st century medicine and culture's influence on the childbirth experience.

Keywords: Access to health care, Childbirth, Hospitals, Pennsylvania, Postpartum care, Pregnancy, Prenatal care, Women's health

American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Terrorism. 2005. The pediatrician and disaster preparedness. [Elk Grove Village, IL]: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4 pp. (Policy statement)

Annotation: This policy statement provides information about what pediatricians can do to prepare themselves for disasters, including being able to deal with the concerns of parents and families, knowing when to recognize signs of possible exposure to a weapon of terror, understanding first-line response to such attacks, and sufficiently participating in disaster planning to ensure that the unique needs of children are addressed satisfactorily in the overall process. The statement, which includes an abstract, discusses managing family concerns, office-based preparedness, community preparedness, hospital preparedness, pediatricians' liability, and advocacy for children and families in disaster planning. A list of recommendations is included.

Keywords: Advocacy, Children, Communities, Disaster planning, Families, Hospitals, Pediatricians

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