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Annotation: This report describes the core competencies health professionals need to work effectively to prevent violence among youth. The set of competencies contained in the report are intended to prepare health professionals to work in a wide variety of settings and at all levels of the social ecology. The report is divided into the following sections: (1) principles underying all competencies, (2) core competencies in youth violence prevention, (3) the educational process, (4) strategies for promoting training, and (5) concluding statements. The report also lists health professional training activities under way at the CDC-funded youth violence prevention centers. Endnotes are included, as well.

Contact: National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, PO Box 10809, Rockville, MD 20849-0809, Telephone: (866) 723-3968 Secondary Telephone: (888) 503-3952 Fax: (301) 562-1001 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Competency-based education, Health personnel, Professional education, Training, Violence, Violence prevention, Young adults, Youth

Annotation: This teacher's guide provides a general orientation to several of the concepts upon which Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition is based and explains how these concepts can be used as a training resource and for developing nutrition education materials for WIC Program personnel. It is divided into three sections, each of which includes relevant excerpts from Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition, commentary, and discussion questions. The first section describes the Bright Futures developmental approach, which deals with anticipatory guidance in child development for parents. The second section explains the principle of family partnerships with health professionals and their communities. The third section defines desired outcomes and outcome evaluation.

Contact: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, Alexandria, VA 22302, Telephone: (703) 305-2746 Fax: (703_ 305-2196 Web Site: http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ Price unknown.

Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Bright Futures, Child development, Collaboration, Community role, Families, Nutrition services, Outcome evaluation, Professional personnel, WIC Program

Annotation: This special issue of the journal Pediatrics is a report from the Newborn Screening Task Force convened in Washington, DC in May, 1999. It includes an executive summary and a chapter on each of the four key recommendations. The recommendations cover public health infrastructure, professional and public involvement, surveillance and research, and the economics of screening. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Economic factors, Neonatal screening, Population surveillance, Professional personnel, Public health infrastructure, Research programs, Task forces

Annotation: This report describes the results of the Task Force on Pediatric Education, whose goal was to proactively provide direction for pediatric education for the 21st century. (keep sentence two) These five factors include: (1) new patterns in morbidity and mortality; (2) advances in molecular biology and genetics; (3) changing sociodemographic and education makeup of the available pool of health care providers for children; (4) computer technology advances in data management and communications systems; and (5) paradigms shifts in the financing and delivery of child health services. (keep sentences.) The report concludes with references.

Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, 345 Park Boulevard, Itasca, IL 60143, Telephone: 800/433-9016 Secondary Telephone: 202/347-8600 E-mail: https://www.aap.org/en/pages/contact-us/contact-national-headquarters/ Web Site: https://www.aap.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Educational change, Health education, Medical education, Medical personnel, Pediatrics, Professional education, Professional training, Trends

Annotation: This report summarizes the topics, principles, and recommendations of the expert panel meeting held September 28-29, 2000 in Washington, DC. Topics include leadership education, workforce, practice, global health, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural competence, and areas of genetic knowledge and skill competencies. Five principles describe gaps in the genetic education of students in many (if not all) schools of nursing. Eight recommendations address several areas including genetics education programming, dissemination of genetics information and technological advances, interdisciplinary programs, collaborations and partnerships, and workforce issues. This report also includes three invited papers, 21 expert panel members' reports, and selected members' biographies. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Competency based education, Conferences, Genetics education, Nursing education, Personnel needs, Professional education

Annotation: This textbook provides an introduction to the United States health care system and an overview of the professional, political, social, and economic forces that have shaped it and will continue to do so. It is intended to serve as a text for introductory courses on the organization of health care in the United States for students in all fields of health and allied health professional education. Chapter topics are: (1) an overview of health care, (2) benchmark developments in health care, (3) the history of hospitals, (4) the future of hospitals, (5) primary care, (6) medical education, (7) health personnel, (8) financing health care, (9) managed care, (10) long term care, (11) mental health services, (12) public health and the government role, (13) medical research, and (14) the future of health care.

Contact: Aspen Publishers, 76 Ninth Avenue, Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10011, Telephone: (800) 234-1660 Secondary Telephone: (212) 771-0600 Fax: (212) 771-0885 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.aspenpublishers.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8342-1167-X.

Keywords: Allied health personnel, Benchmarking, Financing, Government role, Health education, Health personnel, Health services, Hospitals, Long term care, Managed care, Medical education, Mental health services, Primary care, Professional education, Public health, Textbooks, United States

Annotation: This resource guide brings together the latest available information on Latino adolescent violence prevention efforts and existing resources in Latino communities. It seeks to help MCH professionals better address the specific needs of Latino youth and their families by presenting ethnic-specific factors for violence prevention practice, policy, and research. The guide begins with a demographic profile of Latinos and continues by analyzing the impact of violence on Latino youth. It also examines risk factors, culture and resiliency, developing effective violence prevention programs, and the role of MCH and other health professionals. Selected Latino organizations are listed at the end. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescents, Communities, Cultural factors, Demography, Ethnic factors, Health personnel, Hispanic Americans, Organizations, Professional personnel, Resources for professionals, Risk factors, Violence prevention, Youth

Annotation: This booklet describes the Early Head Start Home-based program option. The booklet provides an overview of home visiting, including its advantages and disadvantages. The booklet also offers information on recruiting qualified staff, professional development and training, and staff retention. A program profile section offers snapshots of home visiting in action in three Early Head Start programs. The booklet concludes with a list of resources.

Contact: HeadStart.gov, Telephone: (866) 763-6481 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://headstart.gov Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-943657-43-1.

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Keywords: Early Head Start, Home visiting, Manuals, Professional personnel, Recruitment, Retention

Annotation: This final report of the Health and Education Collaboration Project of the Hawaii Medical Association focuses on community-based university education as an effective strategy for training new practitioners. The report discusses what family-centered interprofessional collaboration is and what its principles are. The background, implementation, developmental stages, sustainability, and implications for future efforts of the project are discussed. Learning examples of family-centered interprofessional collaboration are also provided. Appendices include updates on MCHB demonstration projects and an overview of course competencies for practicum students at the University of Hawaii. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Hawaii Medical Association, Health and Education Collaboration Project, 1360 South Beretania Street, Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96814, Telephone: (808) 536-7702 Fax: (808) 528-2376 E-mail: [email protected] Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Community based services, Curricula, Families, Family centered services, Hawaii, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Personnel, Professional education, Service delivery, Training

Annotation: This training manual, designed for pediatric residents and other graduate students in helping professions, promotes the attitudes, skills, and knowledge required for providing family-centered services, specifically through interprofessional collaboration. The purpose of the training is to make participants aware of the positive value of family-centered, collaborative care and of professionals' role in providing such care. The concepts contained in the manual derive from two major schools of thought with regard to serving families: (1) family-centered care is the most effective care because families have opportunities to participate in decisions about their child's health care and education and (2) interprofessional collaboration recognizes that professionals interdependently—rather than independently—meet the multiple priorities and diverse needs of families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Hawaii Medical Association, Health and Education Collaboration Project, 1360 South Beretania Street, Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96814, Telephone: (808) 536-7702 Contact Phone: (808) 536-7702 Ext. 2224 Fax: (808) 528-2376 E-mail: [email protected] Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Community based services, Curricula, Early childhood educators, Families, Family centered services, Graduate education, Hawaii, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Internship and residency, Manuals, Nurses, Pediatricians, Personnel, Professional education, Service delivery, Social workers, Special education, Students, Teachers, Training

Annotation: This document presents tools and strategies developed and piloted by New England SERVE to measure and enhance the capacity of managed care organizations to serve children with special health care needs. It describes a model for quality improvement consisting of partnerships between families, health care providers, and health plan administrators and a toolkit. The toolkit provides forms for evaluation and analysis in these categories: administrative measures, family survey, primary care provider survey, and a checklist for managed care organizations serving children with special health care needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: New England SERVE, 101 Tremont Street, Suite 812, Boston, MA 02108, Telephone: (617) 574-9493 Fax: (617) 574-9608 Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Families, Professional personnel, Service coordination

Annotation: This training manual, designed for pediatric residents and other graduate students in helping professions, promotes the attitudes, skills, and knowledge required for providing family-centered services, specifically through interprofessional collaboration. The purpose of the training is to make participants aware of the positive value of family-centered, collaborative care and of professionals' role in providing such care. The concepts contained in the manual derive from two major schools of thought with regard to serving families: (1) family-centered care is the most effective care because families have opportunities to participate in decisions about their child's health care and education and (2) interprofessional collaboration recognizes that professionals interdependently—rather than independently—meet the multiple priorities and diverse needs of families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Hawaii Medical Association, Health and Education Collaboration Project, 1360 South Beretania Street, Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96814, Telephone: (808) 536-7702 Fax: (808) 528-2376 E-mail: [email protected] Out of print.

Keywords: Children, Community based services, Curricula, Early childhood educators, Families, Family centered services, Graduate education, Hawaii, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Internship and residency, Manuals, Nurses, Pediatricians, Personnel, Professional education, Service delivery, Social workers, Special education, Students, Teachers, Training

Annotation: This book analyzes the results of a project funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to effect reform in urban middle schools, it is the third in a series of books about the five year project. The first two were called "Gaining Ground" and "Changing the Odds;" they reported on the conditions in the participating schools at the end of the second and fourth years. This book summarizes the project; it recounts efforts made to engage the affected parties: the teachers, professionals, principals, parents, and students. It also reviews the conditions affecting the reform process; it considers the interactions between various controlling forces affecting the process, assessment techniques, the unions, and the role of the school district administrators. A final section of the book considers future policy implications.

Contact: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 415 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 551-9100 Contact Phone: (212) 551-9100 Fax: (212) 421-9325 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.emcf.org/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Development, Educational change, Middle schools, Parent participation, Policies, Policy development, Principals, Professional personnel, Reform, Students, Teachers, Urban schools

Annotation: This document begins by defining family centered care and discussing its benefits. It goes on to explain the components of a family centered hospital care program: committed hospital leadership, personnel policies and practices, supportive architecture and design, professional communication with families, family-to-family support and networking, linking families with community resources, educating family-centered professionals, research design, and family involvement in hospital decisions. The concluding chapters offer practical tips for hospital personnel starting a family centered care program and strategies for family involvement in the process. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care, 7900 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 405, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (301) 652-0281, ext. 16 Contact Phone: (301) 320-2686 Fax: (301) 652-0186 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.familycenteredcare.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-9642014-0-2.

Keywords: Child health services, Collaboration, Community programs, Ethics, Facility design and construction, Family centered care, Family support services, Health personnel, Hospital services, Parent participation, Parents, Policy development, Professional education, Program development, Research design

Annotation: This paper synthesizes currently available information about shortages among the professions working with young children with disabilities, birth through age five, and their families and explores various approaches and some of the challenges to quantifying shortages. It begins with a look at national data on personnel working in early intervention and preschool special education today. The paper then turns to current shortages in some key professions and what the future is likely to hold for them. The paper closes with a discussion of possible responses to the problem and data related to these responses.

Contact: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, Campus Box 8040, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040, Telephone: (919) 962-2001 Secondary Telephone: (919) 843-3269 Fax: 919.966.7463 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://ectacenter.org/ Available from the website. Document Number: HS-91-01-1001.

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Keywords: Careers, Children with special health care needs, Early childhood education, Early intervention programs, Preschool children, Professional personnel, Professional training

Annotation: This manual lists various programs for training and staffing child mental health services. It identifies many resources for recruiting, retaining, and training staff, e.g., case management training, crisis intervention, family-based services, using family members as trainers, and other training for health professionals, social workers and community members.

Contact: National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 3300, Washington, DC 20007, Telephone: (202) 687-5000 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/index.html Available from the website.

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Keywords: Affective disorders, Child welfare, Health care delivery, Health personnel, Mental health professionals, Mental health services, Recruitment, Staff development, Training

Annotation: This demonstration project strove to enhance the emergency medical services (EMS) system in North Carolina by improving the system's ability to manage pediatric patients. The project goal was to create a statewide model EMS system that minimizes further injury or deterioration of seriously ill or injured pediatric patients prior to their arrival at a definitive care center. We created a project group and an advisory board to help achieve the project goals through a cooperative statewide effort that included representation from all groups responsible for the care of seriously ill and injured pediatric patients. [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 PB96-181482.

Keywords: Databases, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Emergency Room Personnel, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Programs, Professional Education in EMSC

Annotation: The Alaska Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) project addresses problems associated with pediatric emergencies in Alaska through interventions at various stages in disease and injury affecting children, and the system that is designed to combat these problems. The overall goal of the project is to improve the emergency medical care system in Alaska and its ability to treat and rehabilitate Alaska's acutely ill and injured children, as well as to prevent childhood injuries and deaths. The project addresses problems in the Emergency Medical Services system at all levels—prehospital, hospital, and rehabilitative services. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Education of health professionals, Emergency medical services for children, Emergency medical technicians, Emergency room personnel, Rehabilitation, Rural populations, Training, Trauma

Annotation: This directory lists more than 1,200 professionals in the field of injury prevention. The information is organized in two sections—one section groups the professionals by specialty, the other by geographic location. [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.

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Keywords: Health professionals, Injury prevention, National directories, Professional personnel, Resource materials, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This reports on a study conducted to examine the relationship between state agencies and higher education in planning for the personnel components of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The authors' mission was to uncover strategies for successful cooperation from states that were demonstrating progress in meeting the personnel challenges of Part H. A qualitative research design was employed to examine the issues associated with the process of developing and maintaining working relationships between state agencies and higher education. Policy recommendations derived from the study are included.

Contact: Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, Carolina Policy Studies Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 300 NationsBank Plaza, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Telephone: (919) 962-7374 Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Federal legislation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Infants with special health care needs, Interdisciplinary approach, Part H, Personnel needs, Policy development, Professional education, State agencies, Training