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Displaying records 41 through 53 (53 total).

Barrett B. 1996. Healthy Families Alexandria: 30 month evaluation report—October 1993 - March 1996. Alexandria, VA: Northern Virginia Family Service, ca. 150 pp. (xxx)

Annotation: This evaluation report assesses the Healthy Families Alexandria program by its four major goals, which are: (1) ensuring adequate prenatal care; (2) ensuring preventive well-care and advance optimal child development; (3) improving mothers' knowledge of child care needs and enhancing parent-child interaction; and (4) prevention of child abuse and neglect of enrollees' target child. It presents both outcome and process evaluations Appendices contain sample documents used in staff training; tables displaying demographic and other characteristics of screened women, enrollees, and their partners; and selected tracking system forms. [Partially funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child abuse, Child development, Child development disorders, Child health, Children, Community based services, Home visiting, Immunization, Infants, Local MCH programs, Low birthweight, Outcome evaluation, Parent child relations, Pregnancy outcome, Prenatal care, Prevention, Primary care, Process evaluation, Program evaluation, Statistics, Virginia

Thomas P. [1994]. Sharkey-Issaquena Health Alliance [Final report]. Cary, MS: Cary Christian Health Center, 16 pp.

Annotation: The Sharkey-Issaquena Health Alliance was a 5-year program designed to lower infant mortality in the poverty areas of rural Mississippi. The project used an alliance of volunteers, providers, and civic institutions to provide a five-pronged solution. Community volunteers were trained to provide home visits and promote greater health awareness. Transportation was provided to health facilities and perinatal education was made available to parents. Education of young people was provided to combat adolescent pregnancy. Child abuse prevention and recognition education was provided. [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 PB99-144768.

Keywords: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Child Abuse Prevention, Health Education, Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children, Low Birthweight, Low Income Population, Outreach, Pregnant Adolescents, Pregnant Women, Prenatal Care, School Health Programs

Berendes HW, Kessel S, Yaffe S, eds. 1991. Advances in the prevention of low birthweight: An international symposium: Proceedings. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 267 pp.

Annotation: This report presents papers from an international symposium held May 8–11, 1988, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Papers discuss trends in low birthweight in the United States and France, current knowledge on the etiology and prevention of low birthweight, the impact of support and stress during pregnancy, and 15 intervention studies. Statistical findings of each project are included in tables and figures. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Low birthweight, Prevention programs

Connecticut Department of Health Services, Bureau of Community Health, Family and Reproductive Health Division. 1989. A report on the targeted, community based planning activities to reduce infant mortality, morbidity and low birthweight: Infant mortality action planning (IMAP). Hartford, CT: Family and Reproductive Health Division, Connecticut Department of Health Services, 30 pp.

Annotation: This report describes state-funded activities designed to build local support of maternal and infant health in seven targeted communities in Connecticut. These seven communities had infant mortality rates exceeding that of the state based on 1981–84 birth cohort information. They have organized community-based planning activities to promote maternal and infant health, and have developed Infant Mortality Action Plans (IMAP). IMAP goals are to foster development and implementation of coordinated community action plans to reduce the incidence of infant mortality and morbidity, and to build functions, services, and personnel needed to reduce infant mortality, morbidity, and low birthweight. IMAP components include a collaborative environment; a financial support system; a linkage (care coordination) system; a maternal and infant outreach strategy; and a consumer/provider health education program. The report provides details on activities in each of the seven targeted communities.

Keywords: Child health, Community health services, Infant care, Infant mortality, Infants, Low birthweight, Maternal health, Morbidity, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, State MCH programs

Morton JC, Hirsch RG, Knox JG. 1989. Improving birth outcomes through public health social work and case management. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, 225 pp.

Annotation: This report is the third in a three-part series on social factors and interventions related to the prevention of low birthweight and infant mortality, based on the proceedings of the Public Health Social Work Institutes at the University of California, Berkeley, held in 1986, 1987, and 1988. Specific topics covered include an update on progress in meeting the 1990 health objectives for the nation in perinatal health, Medicaid expansion, case management, rural social work programs, AIDS and the MCH population, and MCH program and resource development. [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. MCHD017.

Keywords: AIDS, Case management, Child health, Infant mortality, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, Maternal health, Prevention programs, Program development, Resources for professionals, Rural health, Social work

Morton JC, Hirsch RG. 1988. Developing public health social work programs to prevent low birthweight and infant mortality: High risk populations and outreach. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, 229 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings provide information from the 1987 Public Health Social Work Institute. Topics include the disparity in birth outcomes; legislative and advocacy issues; outreach to underserved populations; needs assessment for developing public health social work programs and evaluating the programs; and ethical issues. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Infant mortality, Low birthweight, Prevention programs, Public health, Social work

McCurdy R. 1987 (ca.). Colorado Low Birth Weight Prevention Project [Final report]. Denver, CO: Colorado Department of Health, 11 pp.

Annotation: The low birth weight rate in Colorado was among the highest in the nation. While altitude had often been cited as a factor associated with Colorado's low birth weight rate, the Colorado Department of Health's project identified reduction in behavioral risks as a productive method of reducing incidence of low birthweight. Through development of lifestyle risking tools and the use of intense counseling protocols, the project demonstrated a reduction in low birthweight by up to two-thirds by reducing or eliminating behavioral risks (smoking, drinking, inadequate weight gain). High risk women who resolved all behavioral risks had a low birth weight rate of 3.7%; those who resolved none, a rate of 11.1%. Analysis of the counseling costs vs. the savings due to averted low birth weight births showed $3.91 in savings for each $1.00 of cost. [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 PB91-241943.

Keywords: Low Birthweight Prevention Programs, Pregnant Women, Prenatal Care

Curry MA. 1987. Access to prenatal care: Key to preventing low birthweight. Kansas City, MO: American Nurses' Association, 85 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the conclusions of four consensus conferences which focused on three issues: nonfinancial barriers to prenatal care, components of prenatal care most effective in reducing the incidence of low birthweight, and recommendations for health policy aimed at reducing the incidence of low birthweight. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: American Nurses Association, 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400 , Silver Spring, MD 20910, Telephone: (301) 628-5000 Secondary Telephone: (800) 274-4ANA Contact Phone: (816) 474-5720 Fax: (301) 628-5001 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nursingworld.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Low birthweight infants, Prenatal care, Prevention programs

Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health. 1985. Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Reducing infant mortality. Washington, DC: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, 116 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings review recent trends in infant mortality, low birthweight and other associated factors in the Mid-Atlantic states, and examine this information in light of the 1990 Objectives for the Nation and other recommendations addressing the problem of infant mortality. The proceedings also discuss development and growth of state and local level Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalitions in the Mid-Atlantic Region to serve as collective forums specifically interested in promoting maternal and child health.

Keywords: Conferences, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition, Healthy People 2000, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, MCH programs, Mid Atlantic region, Prevention programs

Pratt MW. 1985. Recommendations for public health strategies to improve infant and perinatal mortality and low birthweight rates in the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago = The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago perinatal team consultation visit during August 26-30, 1985. Vienna, VA: Information Sciences Research Institute, 48 pp.

Annotation: This report was designed to be a working document for use in developing and implementing Governor's initiative regarding infant mortality. It was also the basis for the Statewide Infant Mortality Reduction Conference held in November 1985. Recommendations and comments are given for the following areas: coordination of Medicaid/public health; uses of data/information systems/community network building; linking perinatal centers/community health services; motivation, marketing, advocacy, outreach; developing targeted local infant mortality initiatives.

Keywords: Illinois, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, Prevention programs, State MCH programs

Children's Defense Fund. 1985. The data book: A summary. Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund, 33 pp.

Annotation: This statistical summary presents a wide variety of national statistics about mothers and infants, with emphasis on pregnant adolescents, and charts the nation's progress toward improving their health. A series of tables show how the states and largest cities rank on a series of key maternal and child health indicators and how the states rank in the rate of progress they are making toward improving maternal and child health. Some of the tables included in this summary include: 1) infant mortality rates, low birthweight births, births to women under 20, and births to women under 20 out of wedlock (all by race and state); 2) percentage of children living below the federal poverty level who are covered by Medicaid (by state); and 3) births to women under 20 and births to women out of wedlock (by city).

Contact: Children's Defense Fund, 25 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 628-8787 Secondary Telephone: (800) 233-1200 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childrensdefense.org $2.00.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Infant mortality, Low birthweight infants, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Statistics

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Region VIII and IX; and San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health. 1984. Proceedings of the bi-regional institute on current issues and future trends in maternal and child health and crippled children's programs. San Diego, CA: San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health, 313 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings report on a bi-regional institute on maternal and child health and crippled children's programs conference. The issues presented are: perinatal care; national data; identification and care of high risk infants and children with disabilities; data systems; and child care of young children. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: San Diego State University, Division of Maternal and Child Health, 6505 Alvarado Road, Suite 205, San Diego, CA Available from the website.

Keywords: Child care, Child health, Children with special health care needs, High risk populations, Infants, Low birthweight, Maternal health, Perinatal care, Prevention programs

Blackwell AG, Salisbury L, Arriola AP. 1983. Administrative petition to reduce the incidence of low birth weight and resultant infant mortality: Black Women's Health Project/National Women's Health Network; Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women [and others], petitioners, vs. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Margaret Heckler, respondent. San Francisco, CA: Public Advocates, 168 pp.

Annotation: This document addresses the widening gap between the survival prospects of black and white infants, the importance of adequate prenatal care in reducing this gap, the cost effectiveness of prenatal care, and problems with current federal policies in this area. It proposes remedies including coordination, Title V programs, definition of comprehensive prenatal care, Medicaid, EPSDT, nurse midwives, a national education campaign, and additional federal funding and legislation.

Keywords: Federal MCH programs, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, Newborn infants, Prenatal care, Prevention programs
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