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Annotation: This manual is the training book used by community health advocates at the South East Asian Regional Community Health project. The advocates provide outreach services to Asian Americans living in Columbus, Detroit, and Toledo, Ohio. The manual provides a cultural overview of the health beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors common in South East Asia; and it reviews procedures for developing outreach services. The manual contains training modules on cultural heritage, learning to live in the United States, health and illness, an overview of the health care system, using health services, making appointments and payments, preventive health practices, women's health issues, and raising healthy children. The manual provides a resource list and an extensive bibliography organized by categories. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Asian Americans, Attitudes, Behavior, Child health services, Children, Cultural beliefs, Health educators, Maternal health services, Mothers, Ohio, Outreach, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This book presents an overview and analysis of complex issues surrounding the relationship of mother and fetus. Covering topics from abortion to surrogate motherhood, it discusses public policy and political dilemmas that have arisen as new technologies are developed that humanize the fetus. This book focuses on various aspects of this relationship and gives readers a detailed study of the many related controversies that have been erupting. This title was also issued as an issue of the journal Women and Politics, vol. 13, nos. 3-4, 1993.

Contact: Haworth Press, Taylor and Francis, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042, Telephone: (800) 634-7064 Secondary Telephone: Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.tandfonline.com/ Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-56023-047-9.

Keywords: Fetal development, Fetus, Maternal behavior, Policy development, Pregnancy, Public policy, Relationships, Social change

Annotation: These proceedings are from a symposium held on December 6, 1993, which focused on delivering coordinated, culturally appropriate services for immigrant or refugee mothers and children. The proceedings summarize sessions that focused on these topics: immigrant health training in maternity and infant care family planning programs, health issues faced by this group, epidemiological factors, health care entitlements, a review of cross-cultural training curricula, taking cross-cultural medical interviews including the use of interpreters, differences in health beliefs and practices, domestic violence in immigrant families, and barriers to prenatal care encountered by Latina women in New York state. Appendices include biographical sketches and lists of the participants and the members of the curriculum committee. The symposium was sponsored by the New York Task Force on Immigrant Health, the New York State Perinatal Association, and the New York State Department of Health. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: New York University, Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, 550 First Avenue, Old Bellevue, Room A615, New York, NY 10016, Telephone: (212) 263-8553 Fax: (212) 263-8788 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.med.nyu.edu/medicine/dgim/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Children, Conferences, Cultural barriers, Cultural beliefs, Cultural factors, Culturally competent services, Domestic violence, Epidemiology, Family planning, Health attitudes, Health behavior, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Interviews, MCH services, Maternal health, Mothers, New York, Prenatal care, Refugees, Service coordination, Service delivery

Annotation: This book outlines the recommendations of nine members of the National Commission on Children for improving the health of pregnant women and children. These include health care reform; monitoring and evaluating efforts to expand health care for the underserved; addressing the climate of violence, drugs, and promiscuous sexual activity; involving parents and respecting their values; increasing support for abstinence education; and promoting media and community responsibility. Implementation strategies are discussed. The majority of members serving on the National Commission on Children presented their recommendations in "Next steps for children and families: Improving health: Majority recommendations."

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Drugs, Health care delivery, Health insurance, Maternal health, Parenting, Poverty, Public health services, Sexual behavior, Sexuality education, Violence

Annotation: This paper, as part of the Family Impact Seminar's Teenage Pregnancy and Family Impact Study, briefly analyzes nationally representative data on sexual activity, pregnancy, contraception, fertility, and maternal and infant health of adolescent women in the United States.

Contact: Institute for Educational Leadership, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, DC 2008-2304, Telephone: (202) 822-8405 Fax: (202) 872-4050 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.iel.org $1.50; prepayment required; make check payable to George Washington University; discounts available for bulk orders.

Keywords: Adolescent mothers, Adolescent pregnancy, Contraception, Data, Infant health, Maternal health, Pregnancy, Sexual behavior, Statistics

Annotation: This report discusses the role of the mother as a primary, long-term socializing agent and the role of early intervention programs in stemming the adverse influence of deprived environments on an infant's cognitive development. A program of early intervention by mothers and how they were taught more effective ways of stimulating their young children is described. The results are described in relation to the children's intelligence and the mother's self-esteem and sense of control over the environment. The role of maternal attitudes and expectations in full development of cognitive skills for children who are at the greatest risk is described.

Keywords: At risk children, Cognitive development, Early intervention programs, Maternal behavior, Mothers, Socialization

Annotation: This book reports on a research study of the psychodynamics of pregnancy and their effect on the infant. It provides information on the behavioral aspect of pregnancy: problems associated with pregnancy, family dynamics, and infant and parent well-being. It discusses background variables, pregnancy adaptation, expectant fathers, maternal adaptation, prenatal counseling, postpartum disorders, infantile colic, dimensions of infant behavior, and the effects of infant temperament and sex on maternal behavior. It ends with appendices on evaluations during the prenatal and postnatal periods, a compendium of factor scales, initial factor analyses, and statistical tables.

Keywords: Attachment behavior, Father child relations, Infant behavior, Maternal mental health, Mother child relations, Parenting attitudes, Pregnant women, Psychological characteristics, Research

Annotation: These proceedings discuss the status of maternal health and care; problems in neonatal mortality and morbidity; pregnancy wastage programs; primary prevention from the viewpoint of the obstetrician; public health applications of primary prevention; changes in recommended standards for hospital care of newborn infants; etiology and prevention of congenital malformations; identification and early treatment of handicapping conditions; adolescence as an opportunity for primary prevention; education and preparation for parenthood and family life; services for family planning; application of genetics to primary prevention and public health; and how to change behavioral patterns.

Keywords: Adolescents, Behavior, Children with developmental disabilities, Congenital abnormalities, Family planning, Genetics, Hospital services, Maternal health, Maternal health services, Morbidity, Neonatal mortality, Newborn infants, Parent education, Prevention programs, Primary prevention, Public health

Annotation: This booklet provides a summary of a conference held in Minneapolis, MN, in August 1958. The conference was sponsored by the Institute of Child Development and Welfare, University of Minnesota, and the Children's Bureau, and it dealt with questions such as (1) how is parental behavior determined?, (2) can it be modified?, and (3) if it can, by what means and under what conditions? The booklet discusses the conference purpose and plan and provides information on the following topics: (1) the role concept in parental education, (2) determinants of parental behavior, (3) modification of parental behavior, (4) parent education and personality change, (5) parent education and research, and (6) problems for research emerging during the conference. References and a list of conference participants are included. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Education, Maternal behavior, Parenting, Parenting attitudes, Parenting skills, Parents, Paternal behavior, Research