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Displaying records 21 through 40 (41 total).

Pope AM, Tarlov AR, eds. 1991. Disability in America: Toward a national agenda for prevention—Full report, summary and recommendations. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 376 pp., summ. (52 pp.).

Annotation: This book provides a follow-up to the Institute of Medicine's report "Injury in America" released in 1985. It describes a comprehensive approach to disability prevention. Included are developmental disability, disabilities caused by injury, chronic disease and aging, and secondary conditions arising from primary disabling conditions. It presents a five-prong strategy (organization and coordination within and between the public and private sectors, surveillance, research, access to medical care, and education) for reducing the incidence and prevalence of disability as well as its personal, social, and economic consequences. The summary provides an overview of the full report.

Keywords: Age, Consumer education, Costs, Disabilities, Emergency medical services, Epidemiology, External cause of injury codes, Head injuries, Integration, Mental disorders, Older adults, Physical disabilities, Planning, Policy statements, Population surveillance, Population surveillance, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Research, Secondary disabilities, Special health care needs, Spinal cord injuries, Training

Seidel JS, Henderson DP, eds. 1991. Emergency medical services for children: A report to the nation. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 168 pp.

Annotation: This report outlines the key problems resulting from deficiencies in emergency medical services for children (EMSC) in the United States, and the major goals of EMSC development. It presents specific issues which must be addressed in planning EMSC: education, financing, data collection, injury prevention, quality assurance, and rehabilitation. Sections include: History of Emergency Medical Services for Children; A Systems Approach to Care; Education and Training of Professionals and the Public; Rehabilitation: Meeting the Challenge; Injury Prevention: Strategies for Change; Quality Improvement: A Continuum of Responsibility; Data Collection and Analysis: A Collaborative Effort; Financing Emergency Medical Services for Children: Identifying Resources; The Year of the Child in Emergency Medical Services; and The Medical Home: Closing the Circle of Care. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, Data, Education, Emergency medical services for children, Injury prevention, Rehabilitation, Research methodology, Training, U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Reiss JG, Siderits PJ, eds. 1991. Supplemental security income handbook. Gainesville, FL: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Policy Coordination in Maternal and Child Health, ca. 500 pp.

Annotation: This handbook assists staff of the Title V Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs in implementing the recent changes to the Supplemental Security Income Program for children. The handbook provides information on the history of the SSI Program, current statutory and regulatory roles, structure and processes, administration of State Title V services, and program implementation strategies. Appendices provide disability information, examples of reports, documents and agreements, and case management information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case management, Children with special health care needs, Disability benefits, Federal programs, Program development, Rehabilitation, Supplemental Security Income, Title V programs

Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. 1989. Surgeon General's Workshop on Drunk Driving: Background papers. Rockville, MD: Office of the Surgeon General, 260 pp. (OSAP prevention library; no. 1)

Annotation: The background papers in this volume were commissioned to provide a foundation for and launch the discussion of the expert panels of the workshop. The authors presented state of the art in the different fields and describe the various attempts throughout the country and world to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. The topics were alcohol beverage control policies, mass communication effects on drinking and driving, epidemiologic perspectives on drunk driving, controlling injuries due to drinking and driving, the effectiveness of legal sanctions in dealing with drinking drivers, issues in the enforcement of impaired driving laws, transportation and alcohol service policies, injury control, youth impaired driving, problems among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, drunk driving among blacks and Hispanics, treatment, and citizen advocacy.

Keywords: Adolescents, Advertising, Advocacy, Advocacy, Alaska natives, American Indians, Blacks, Business, Consumer education, Criminal justice system, Data, Epidemiology, Hispanic Americans, Impaired driving, Industry, Injury prevention, Intervention, Law enforcement, Legislation, Mass media, Media campaigns, Motor vehicles, Outreach, Policies, Political systems, Prevention, Rehabilitation

Mira M, Tyler J, Tucker B. 1988. Traumatic head injury in children: A guide for schools. Kansas City, KS: University of Kansas Medical Center, 31 pp.

Annotation: This booklet is designed to assist those working with the head injured child who is reentering school. It presents information about traumatic head injury (THI), including causes, severity, incidence, age differences, recovery and rehabilitation, assessment of the THI child, effects and aftereffects of THI, hospital discharge, re-entry planning and returning to school. Resources are listed including a bibliography, national organizations and medical information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Children, Head injuries, Injury prevention, Kansas, Long term care, Post injury care, Rehabilitation, Resources for professionals, Schools, State plans, Trauma care, Treatment

Waite BJ, Ludwig MJ. 1983. A growing concern: How to provide services for children from alcoholic families. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 52 pp.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on the Handicapped. 1979. Rehabilitation, comprehensive services and developmental disabilities legislation: (Public Law 88-164, Public Law 93-112, Public Law 93-516, Public Law 94-103, Public Law 94-230, and Public Law 95-602)—A compilation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 94 pp. (96th Congress,1st Session)

Annotation: This Senate publication is a compilation of major federal statutes under which national programs of vocational rehabilitation are conducted, prepared by the Subcommittee on the Handicapped of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. The compilation includes the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112), as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 (Public Law 93-516), Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (Public Law 88-164), as amended by the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-103), and the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-602).

Keywords: Developmental disabilities, Legislation, Rehabilitation, Vocational rehabilitation

National Research Council, Committee on National Needs for the Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped. 1976. Science and technology in the service of the physically handicapped: Volume II—Supporting papers. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 104 pp.

Annotation: These papers cover the following topics: the limits of cost-benefit analysis as a guide to priority-setting in rehabilitation; public policy towards disability; benefit and costs of the federal-state vocational rehabilitation program; social issues in rehabilitation; public expectations; consumer perspectives; and critical issues facing the health care system.

Keywords: Physical disabilities, Rehabilitation, Science, Special health care needs, Technology

President's Committee on Mental Retardation. 1974. MR 73: The goal is freedom. Washington, DC: President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 41 pp.

Annotation: The first section of this report is based on individual children and adults diagnosed as mentally retarded who have grown and developed as a result of a goal-oriented, personalized concept of service. The report is also concerned with other kinds of programs that can aid in avoiding dependency and promoting optimum development with an emphasis on prevention. The second section contains material related to research on prevention and early intervention. It is based on presentations given at a four-state forum held in Kansas City, Missouri in the Fall of 1973. Areas covered include prenatal research into the causes of handicapping conditions, methods of transporting high-risk infants, early childhood programs for children with developmental disabilities, and treatment to prevent long-term institutionalization.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Early intervention services, High risk infants, Institutionalization, Mental retardation, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Rehabilitation, Reports, Transportation of patients, United States

Wallace H. 1973. Social and economic aspects of handicapping conditions of fetal and perinatal origin. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, Maternal and Child Health Program, 46 pp.

Annotation: This statistical summary includes commentary on the social and psychological aspects of children with disabilities of fetal and perinatal origin and their families, and on the costs of care for these children. Statistical data on various aspects of costs and expenditures for children and adults with disabilities are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Congenital abnormalities, Data analysis, Developmental disabilities, Disabilities, Federal programs, Infants with special health care needs, Rehabilitation, Special health care needs, Statistics

Wallace H, Goldstein H, Oglesby AC. 1972. The health and medical care of children under Title 19 (Medicaid). Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, Maternal and Child Health Program, 23 pp. (Hiscock Collection; related)

Annotation: This paper, presented at the 1972 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, examines the extent to which federal regulations pertaining to early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals under 21 years of age provided for by a state plan for medical assistance under Title 19 have been implemented; designates areas of care where considerable progress has been made; and identifies those areas of care requiring additional emphasis. The data for this study was provided by a survey form sent to state commissioners of welfare, state directors of maternal and child health, and Crippled Children's Programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health services, Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Disabilities, EPSDT, Federal government, Government financing, Immunization, Legislation, Medicaid, National surveys, Program management, Rehabilitation, Standards, State MCH programs

Rusalem H. 1970. Delivering rehabilitation services. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service; for sale by U.S Government Printing Office , 73 pp.

Annotation: This paper is one of a series prepared for the use of delegates to the National Citizens Conference on the Disabled and Disadvantaged held June 24-27, 1969. Rehabilitation is defined as those services offered by state rehabilitation agencies and their cooperating groups. The paper discusses the attitudinal and environmental barriers that separate sophisticated and proven services from those who need them the most. These are addressed by a discussion of the current delivery problems, the current delivery systems, attributes of a satisfactory system, and a philosophical substructure.

Keywords: Attitudes, Barriers, Conferences, Disabilities, Environment, Rehabilitation

Thursz D. 1969. Consumer involvement in rehabilitation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service; for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 50 pp.

Annotation: This is one of a series of papers prepared for the use of delegates to the National Citizens Conference on the Disabled and Disadvantaged held June 24-27, 1969. The paper discusses the bases for citizen participation in rehabilitation, citizen participation models, organizing consumer action groups for community action, how to organize, engaging the system, and statutory provisions for consumer participation.

Keywords: Conferences, Disabilities, Rehabilitation, Welfare programs

National Citizens Conference on Rehabilitation of the Disabled and Disadvantaged. 1969. People power: A report of the National Citizens Conference on Rehabilitation of the Disabled and Disadvantaged held in Washington, D.C., June 24-27, 1969. [Washington, DC?]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service; for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 158 pp.

Annotation: This report covers the major activities of the conference and the keynote address by Whitney Young. The topical sessions discussed unmet needs of special groups, case finding through public service advertising, environmental barriers and transportation, consumer involvement in rehabilitation, financing rehabilitation services, and delivery of services. Reports of group discussion, reports, action by special interest groups are also included, and the resolutions adopted by the conference are included.

Keywords: Advocacy, Conferences, Disabilities, Legal issues, Legislation, Rehabilitation, United States, Vocational rehabilitation

American Medical Association. 1967. Proceedings of Rehabilitation Conference. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association, 95 pp.

May EE, Waggoner NR, Boettke EM. 1966. Homemaking for the handicapped. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 206 pp.

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary's Committee on Mental Retardation . 1964. Response to the recommendations of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation, November 1962 - November, 1963.. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary's Committee on Mental Retardation, 69 pp.

Annotation: The report of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation was presented to President Kennedy in October, 1962. The report contains recommended action to combat mental retardation in the fields of research, prevention, services, education, vocational rehabilitation, training, residential care, the law, and public awareness. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is responsible for the implementation of almost all of these recommendations. This report lists the Department's response made from November 1962 to November 1962 to the recommendations of the panel. The Department's response falls into three main categories: The special message of President Kennedy to Congress, legislation enacted in response to the Panel's recommendations, and other responses. These categories are used as the format for listing the Department's responses in this report.

Keywords: Education, Federal legislation, Mental health services, Mental retardation, Prevention, Reports, Research, Residential care, Training, US Department of Health Education and Welfare, Vocational rehabilitation

U.S. President's Panel on Mental Retardation. 1962. Report of the Task Force on Education and Rehabilitation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, 78 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses basic concepts of mental retardation in relation to education and rehabilitation, extending and improving the educational program, occupational preparation and placement, and manpower for special education and rehabilitation.

Keywords: Education, Mental retardation, Occupational therapy, Rehabilitation

Lawrence EM. 1961. Vocational counseling for children with heart disease or a history of rheumatic fever: A pilot study. New York, NY: American Heart Association, 246 pp.

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (1930, Section IV, The Handicapped, Committee on Physically and Mentally Handicapped). 1933. The handicapped child. New York, NY: Century, 452 pp.

Annotation: This report provides a summary of the work of the committee and discusses children with developmental disabilities under the topics of the deaf and hard of hearing, visually handicapped, children with developmental disabilities, tuberculosis, heart disease, intestinal parasites, mental health, mental retardation, and vocational adjustment.

Keywords: Blindness, Child welfare, Children with developmental disabilities, Conferences, Deafness, Heart diseases, Mental health, Mental retardation, Parasitic diseases, Tuberculosis, United States, Vocational education, Vocational rehabilitation
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