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Displaying records 81 through 100 (196 total).

Conti G, Heckman JJ. 2012. The developmental approach to child and adult health. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 57 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 18664)

Annotation: This report considers the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. It presents an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions over the life cycle. Policies are suggested to promote child health outside the boundaries of conventional pediatrics and future avenues of research and challenges are discussed.

Keywords: Adults, Child health, Costs, Disease prevention, Preventive health services, Preventive medicine

Wilson C, Walsh CR. 2012. Guide for child welfare administrators on evidence based practice. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators, 12 pp.

Keywords: Child welfare, Evidence based medicine

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. 2011–. High-priority evidence gaps for clinical preventive services. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, multiple items.

Annotation: These reports to Congress identify gaps in the evidence base for clinical preventive services and provide recommendations for priority areas for research to generate the evidence needed to improve health and health care. Topics include screening tests and behavioral interventions with significant evidence gaps deserving further research; and evidence gaps related to the health and health care of older adults, children, adolescents, and women.

Keywords: Adolesents, Behavioral health, Children, Evidence based medicine, Health behavior, Intervention, Older adults, Preventive health services, Research, Screening, Women

Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Norsigian J. 2011. Our bodies, ourselves. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 944 pp.

Annotation: This revised and updated edition focuses on women’s reproductive health and sexuality including the political, economic, and social forces that shape women’s health. Contents include personal stories and evidence-based information about gender identity, sexual orientation, birth control, abortion, pregnancy and birth, perimenopause, menopause, health issues such as breast and ovarian cancers, and sexuality and sexual health. The book also features stories about public health outreach and advocacy.

Keywords: Evidence based medicine, Personal narratives, Reproductive health, Sexual health, Sexuality, Women's health

Kolander CA, Ballard D, Chandler C. 2011. Contemporary women's health: Issues for today and the future (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 462 pp.

Annotation: Presented in five parts, this textbook for health and community services professionals and the general public focuses on women's health issues throughout the life cycle with each chapter including a summary, review questions, resource listings and references. Contents include: pt. 1. Foundations of women's health : Introducing women's health ; Becoming a wise consumer ; Developing a healthy lifestyle -- pt. 2. Mental and emotional wellness : Enhancing emotional well-being ; Managing the stress of life -- pt. 3. Sexual and relational wellness : Building healthy relationships ; Exploring women's sexuality ; Designing your reproductive life plan ; Preventing abuse against women -- pt. 4. Contemporary lifestyle and social issues : Eating well ; Keeping fit ; Using alcohol responsibly ; Making wise decisions about tobacco, caffeine, and drugs -- pt. 5. Communicable and chronic conditions : Preventing and controlling infectious diseases ; Preventing and controlling chronic health conditions ; Reducing your risk of cancer.

Keywords: Alcohol abuse, Alternative medicine, Behavior modification, Caffeine, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Communicable diseases, Consumer education, Contraceptives, Depression, Developmental stages, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorders, Gynecology, Holistic health, Interpersonal relations, Life cycle, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Parenting, Pregnancy, Self esteem, Smoking, Stress management, Weight management, Women's health

KidsHealth. 2011. Your child's immunizations. [Jacksonville, FL]: Nemours Foundation,

Annotation: This resource presents information for parents about immunizations, including information about hepatitis B; pneumococcal vaccine (PCV); DTaP; Hib, polio (IPV); influenza; MMR (measles, mumps, rubella); varicella (chickenpox); MCV4; hepatitis A; rotavirus; and HPV. Additional topics include the immunization schedule, immunizations for travel, and helping kids through vaccine injections. The content is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Child health, Consumer education materials, Immunizations, Infant health, Preventive health services, Preventive medicine, Spanish language materials

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 2011. Evidence-based methodologies for public health: How to assess the best available evidence when time is limited and there is a lack of sound evidence. Stockholm, Sweden: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 58 pp. (ECDC tehnical report)

Annotation: This report explores ideas for how to match and possibly merge methods from epidemiology and evidence-based medicine to create an evidence-based methodology (EBM) for infectious diseases prevention and control. The report discusses (1) challenges of working with evidence-based methods in a public health setting, (2) providing evidence-based guidance in the context of scarce evidence and limited time, (3) the usefulness of EBM tools for grading evidence and recommendations for the field of public health and infectious diseases, (4) assessing and ensuring quality in guidelines development for controlling communicable diseases, and (5) using EBM methods for public health.

Keywords: Communicable diseases, Disease prevention, Epidemiology, Evidence based medicine, Guidelines, Public heath

Filenno KM, Hampton P, Poulsen MK. 2011. Challenges in the implementation of evidence-based mental health practices for birth-to-five year olds and their families. Sacramento, CA: California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health, 24 pp. (Issue brief on National Think Tank on Evidence-Based Practices in Early Childhood)

Keywords: Evidence-based medicine, Families, Infants, Mental health, Young children

Schorr L, Farrow F. 2011. Expanding the evidence universe: Doing better by knowing more. Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of Social Policy , 49 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides recommendations related to expanding the knowledge base necessary to improve outcomes for children, families and communities. Written for discussion during the Harold Richman Public Policy Symposium, the authors propose a five-part set of concrete actions that the philanthropic, public, nonprofit, academic, business, and entrepreneurial sectors can take to build a wider and deeper evidence base.

Keywords: Children, Communities, Evidence-based medicine, Families, Research

Muir Gray JA, Shepperd S. 2010. Evidence-based healthcare and public health: How to make decisions about health services and public health. (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone, Inc., 426 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to help health service professionals make evidence-based decisions in the field of health care for groups of patients or particular populations. The book is aimed at decision and policy makers. The main topics covered are finding and evaluating evidence, developing the capacity of individuals and organizations to use evidence, and getting research into practice. Chapters offer information on the definition of evidence-based health care, on "doing the right things right, " on making decisions about health services, searching for and evaluating evidence, assessing the outcomes of research, and organizational and individual management development. Appendices list sources for published research, unpublished research, searching on-line, appraising research, and implementing decisions.

Keywords: Assessment, Decision making, Evidence based medicine, Health services, Medical research

Northrup C. 2010. Women's bodies, women's wisdom: Creating physical and emotional health and healing. (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: Bantam Books, 931 pp.

Annotation: This book presents information on women's health from an holistic approach and using case studies. The book is divided into three parts. Part One: From External Control to Inner Guidance examines the cultural influence on women's health care, the mind-body connection, feminine intelligence and the female energy system. Part Two: The Anatomy of Women's Wisdom discusses reproduction, sexuality, fertility, childbearing, motherhood, and menopause. Part Three: Choices for Healing: Creating Your Personal Plan looks at steps for healing, medical care, nutrition, physical activity, and overall personal well being. An appendix provides choices in hormone replacement. References, resources and chapter notes are included.

Keywords: Alternative medicine, Holistic health, Women's health

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2010. Women's health highlights: Recent findings. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 28 pp. (Program brief)

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of recent findings from a cross-section of Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-supported research projects on conditions especially important to women's health. Examples of topics included in the brief are cardiovascular disease, cancer screening and treatment, reproductive health, women and medications, and prevention. For each topic, facts are presented and then elaborated upon. The studies from which the facts are drawn are identified by author names, journal in which the study appears, and (in some cases) AHRQ grant or contract number.

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Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Alternative medicine, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Costs, Family planning, HIV, Homelessness, Hysterectomy, Osteoporosis, Pregnancy, Prevention, Reproductive health, Research, Screening, Treatment, Violence, Women's health, Working women

Takach M, Purington K, Osius E. 2010. A tale of two systems: A look at state efforts to integrate primary care and behavioral health in safety net settings. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on how the states of Missouri and Tennessee have approached the integration of their primary care and behavioral health systems, offering lessons that can be used by other states seeking to integrate these two separate health care delivery systems. Included for each state are summaries of the current integration landscape as well as strategies related to policy, regulation, payment, contracting, and cross-system efforts. The report also provides an overview of the nation's primary care and behavioral health systems, summarizing the differences between the two and the challenges that need to be addressed as part of the integration process.

Keywords: Behavioral medicine, Health care systems, Missouri, Model programs, Primary care, Service integration, State initiatives, Tennessee

Ontario [Canada] Medical Advisory Secretariat. 2010. Population-based smoking cessation strategies: A summary of a select group of evidence-based reviews. Ontario, [Canada]: Ontario Medical Advisory Secretariat, 44 pp. (Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010; v. 10, no. 1)

Annotation: This report summarizes existing evidence-based reviews of the clinical and economic outcomes of population-based smoking cessation strategies in the providence of Ontario, Canada. The report, which was presented to the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee, provides a clinical and economic summary of the evidence surrounding nine population-based strategies for smoking cessation: Mass media interventions, telephone counselling, post-secondary smoking cessation programs (colleges/universities), community-wide stop-smoking contests, community interventions, physician advice to quit, nursing interventions for smoking cessation, hospital-based interventions for smoking cessation, and pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation. Included is a detailed description of the evidence-based analysis (including the literature search, outcomes of interest, and the statistical analysis), the results of the analysis, and listings of search strategies, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis used in the report. Thirteen tables summarize data findings.

Keywords: Canada, Evidence based medicine, Literature reviews, Outcome evaluation, Research reviews, Smoking cessation, Tobacco use

Malouin RA, Merten SL. 2010. Measuring medical homes: Tools to evaluate the pediatric patient- and family-centered medical home. [Elk Grove Village, IL]: National Center for Medical Home Implementation, 43 pp.

Annotation: This monograph presents tools to identify, recognize, and evaluate a practice as a pediatric medical home. Content addresses the concept of the patient- and family-centered medical home, measurement, tools, and future directions. Information on the background and purpose of each tool is provided, along with a description of its development and use. Appendices include the characteristics of the family medicine model, components of the advanced medical home model, joint principles of the patient-centered medical home, and guidelines for demonstration projects. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Demonstration programs, Evaluation methods, Family medicine, Measures, Medical home, Pediatric care, Theoretical models

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2010. Electronic preventive services selector (ePSS). Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 1 v.

Annotation: This resource is designed to help primary care health professionals identify screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their clients. The information is based on recommendations of the Preventive Services Task Force and can be searched by specific client characteristics such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors. Contents include recommendations on routine dental caries risk assessment for preschool children. The resource is available both as a web application and as a mobile application.

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Keywords: Counseling, Evidence based health care, Interactive media, Mobile applications, Oral health, Preventive health services, Preventive medicine, Resources for professionals, Risk assessment, Screening

Center for Children's Advocacy, Medical-Legal Partnership Project. 2010. Adolescent health care: Legal rights of teens (4th ed.). Hartford, CT: Center for Children's Advocacy, Medical-Legal Partnership Project, ca. 96 pp.

Annotation: This document covers definitions, medical conditions and access to mental health and substance abuse treatment, reproductive health care, emancipation, HUSKY health insurance (Connecticut's Medicaid program), access to medical records, privacy rights, school based health clinics, privileged communications, mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect, statutory rape, advanced directives and living wills, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Connecticut law on bullying, access to benefits for immigrants and refugees, and utility shutoff.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Children's rights, Connecticut, Medicine, Patient rights, Reproductive health, State legislation

Children's Health Fund. [2009]. Family asthma guide: The goal is control. New York, NY: Children's Health Fund, annual.

Annotation: This guide for children and adolescents with asthma and their families provides information about asthma and how to better control it. The guide explains what asthma is and discusses triggers, medications, and formulating an action plan. A form for important phone numbers and a list of resources is included.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Asthma, Child health, Consumer education materials, Families, Medicine, Treatment

2009-. Medical heritage library. ,

Annotation: The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. is a collaborative digitization and discovery organization committed to providing open access resources in the history of healthcare and the health sciences. It provides digitized primary resources in the history of medicine. Collections include state medical journals, historical American medical journals (primarily 1797-1923), and the United Kingdom Medical Heritage Library. Principal contributors are from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.

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Keywords: Databases, Health care systems, Health services, History, Medicine

Parker L, Burns AC, Sanchez E, eds.; Institute of Medicine, Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments. 2009. Local government actions to prevent childhood obesity. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 125 pp.

Annotation: This report highlights examples of local efforts to promote healthy eating and physical activity. The efforts cited are based on recommendations provided by the Institutes of Medicine's Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments, which was formed to develop a set of criteria to consider in assessing actions to recommend using the best evidence available. The report encourages local governments to consider nine healthy eating strategies and six physical activity strategies based on efforts in Austin, Texas; Baltimore; New Orleans; New York City; Henderson, Texas; Shelby, Montana; Somerville, Massachusetts; San Diego County; King County, Washington; and the state of Michigan. Appendixes include a glossary, methodology, and toolkits and related resources. The report was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Keywords: Child nutrition, Evidence based medicine, Local initiatives, Model programs, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention programs

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