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Stoto MA, Almario DA, McCormick MC, eds. 1999. Reducing the odds: Preventing perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 397 pp., exec. summ. (21 pp.).

Annotation: This report, written in response to a Congressional request, evaluates state efforts to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV and analyzes the existing barriers to the further reduction in such transmission. This report addresses ways to increase prenatal testing, improve therapy for HIV infected women and children, and generally reduce perinatal HIV infections. The report also considers the ethical and public health issues associated with screening policies as prevention tools, and their implications for prevention and treatment opportunities for women and infants.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHL049; ISBN 0-309-06286-1.

Keywords: AIDS, HIV, Infants, Pregnancy, Prevention, Reports, State programs, Therapeutics, United States

Sultz HA, Young KM. 1999. Health care U.S.A.: Understanding its organization and delivery. (8th ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 586 pp.

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

Pernice C, Robinson GK, Crow S. 1999. A summary of planned mental health and substance abuse services and activities in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (Title XXI of the Social Security Act). Rockville, MD: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 150 pp.

Shuptrine SC, Grant VC, McKenzie GG. 1998. Southern regional initiative to improve access to benefits for low income families with children. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 111 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a regional outreach initiative to help southern states identify ways to improve access to benefits for low-income working families with children. The report describes the development of information outreach materials, child health coverage, child care assistance, transportation solutions, and options for earned income tax credit. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29201, Telephone: (803) 779-2607 Fax: (803) 254-6301 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Child care services, Child health, Children, Families, Health insurance, Information dissemination, Low income groups, Southern United States, Tax credits, Transportation of patients

National Institute for Health Care Management. 1998. Outreach: Private and public sector efforts that work. Washington, DC: National Institute for Health Care Management, 8 pp. (Bright Futures and managed care action brief; no. 2)

Weisman CS. 1998. Women's health care: Activist traditions and institutional change. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 300 pp.

Annotation: The subject of this book is the relationship between women and health care institutions, particularly how women experience health care and seek to change it. The specific objectives are to examine the social and historical context of women's health as a recurring public issue in the United States, to investigate current health care delivery issues for women and models for change, and to consider how women's health issues can be incorporated in health care policy making. Chapter one presents some concepts and theoretical perspectives guiding the sociohistorical consideration of women's health as a public issue and of gender as an attribute of health care. Chapter two provides a historical overview of five episodes of public attention to women's health issues that constitute waves in the women's health "mega movement." Chapter three considers the claim that women are disadvantaged because of inequitable access to the benefits of health care. Chapter four addresses the issue of whether women's health care ought to be delivered by women providers or in separate organizations for women. And chapter five provides a discussion of how women's concerns can be incorporated into health care policy making.

Contact: AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 292-6700 Fax: (202) 292-6800 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.academyhealth.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8018-5825-9.

Keywords: Health care reform, History, Policy development, Political processes, Sociocultural factors, United States, Women, Women', Women', s health, s health services

Council of Economic Advisers. 1998. Changing America: Indicators of social and economic well-being by race and Hispanic origin. [Washington, DC]: Council of Economic Advisers; for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 74 pp.

Annotation: This chart book is intended to document current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and to describe how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. The book is designed to educate Americans about the facts surrounding the issue of race in America. The charts show key indicators of well-being in seven broad categories: population, education, labor markets, economic status, health, crime and criminal justice, and housing and neighborhoods. This information is provided to be used as a benchmark for measuring future progress and can highlight priority areas for reducing disparities in well-being across racial and ethnic groups. The indicators in the charts were selected on the basis of their importance for economic well-being, as well as the quality and availability of data. The appendix indicates how to access additional information on these topics from federal government agencies.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-049616-0.

Keywords: Benchmarking, Bibliographies, Crime, Economics, Education, Health status, Housing, Minority groups, Population dynamics, Race, Racial factors, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics, United States, World Wide Web

LaPlante MP, Kaye HS, eds. 1998. Trends in disability and their causes: Proceedings of the Fourth National Disability Statistics and Policy Forum. Washington, DC: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 50 pp.

Annotation: The conference report presents research evidence for changes in the prevalence of disability in the United States across all age groups, considers the implications as well as limitations of the evidence, and discusses potential causes. The topics addressed are trends in disability prevalence, significance of trends, the role of trend monitoring from public health and social perspectives, and building better tools for disability trend monitoring.

Contact: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W. Mailstop PCP-6038, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: 202-245-7640 Secondary Telephone: 202-245-7640 Fax: (202) 245-7323 E-mail: [email protected] Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr Price unknown.

Keywords: Conferences, Disabilities, Monitoring, Research, Statistics, United States

Edmunds M, Coye MJ , eds. 1998. America's children: Health insurance and access to care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 198 pp.

Annotation: This report analyzes the relationship between health insurance and access to care by addressing three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? The book explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of safety net health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school based health centers, and others, and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private sector, employer based health insurance.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $47.95; also available at no charge from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-06560-7.

Keywords: Access to health care, Child health services, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Financing, Health insurance, Medicaid managed care, Uninsured persons, United States

Knitzer J, Bernard S. 1997-1999. Map and track: State initiatives to encourage responsible fatherhood . New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty, irregular.

Annotation: This book describes the states' programs to find the fathers of poor children and make them responsible for their children. It examines how the states are promoting responsible fatherhood in the economic, psychological, and social perspectives; how these policies differ among the states; and what can be learned from these state efforts. It reports percentages for each state for such situations as: mother-only families, father-only families, divorce rate, fathers' median income, fathers' educational level, poverty rates for two-parent and single-parent families, and successful child support enforcement. It then gives for each state a description of its fatherhood-related strategies and policies. Numerous text boxes and appendices give facts and figures about child poverty and child support.

Contact: National Center for Children in Poverty, 215 West 125th Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10027, Telephone: (646) 284-9600 Fax: (646) 284-9623 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nccp.org Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-926582-24-0 (1999 ed.).

Keywords: Child support, Children, Educational attainment, Families, Family support, Fathers, Low income groups, Responsibility, Single parent families, State initiatives, State programs, States, Statistics, Work

Schuch A. 1997. Increasing the utilization of certified nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the South. Washington, DC: Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality, 61 pp.

Annotation: This report results from a two-year study on the use of certified nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants in the southern states and territories in order to provide the mostly rural populations with better access to health care. The report aims to educate southern policymakers about the benefits of using these practitioners, to document barriers to their practicing, and to assist these states and territories in improving the legal and regulatory environment for their practice. The report reviews research on the quality of care; and cost-effectiveness of care delivered by these practitioners; describes site visits in Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida; and makes recommendations.

Keywords: Childbirth, Cost effectiveness, Florida, Georgia, Infant morbidity, Infant mortality, Louisiana, Nurse midwives, Nurse practitioners, Patient satisfaction, Physician assistants, Quality assurance, Southern United States, Statistics, Treatment outcome

Isman R, Isman B. 1997. Access to oral health services in the United States: 1997 and beyond. Chicago, IL: Oral Health America, 133 pp., abstract (13 pp.). (Oral Health America white paper)

Annotation: This paper focuses on the proportion of persons who had a dental visit in the past year and on the number of dental visits as the primary indicator of access to oral health services. The paper discusses the definition of access, measures of access, utilization of oral health services in the United States, barriers to access, health insurance, dental insurance, Medicaid coverage, populations with special health care needs, utilization of preventive oral health services, dental managed care, dental managed care in Medicaid, and trends and implications for public policy. Conclusions and recommendations are also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Oral Health America, 180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601, Telephone: (312) 836-9900 Fax: (312) 836-9986 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.authoritydental.org/oralhealthamerica Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adults, Barriers, Children, Dental care, Families, Health insurance, Managed care, Measures, Medicaid, Oral health, Preventive health services, Public policy, United States

Lewin ME, Lipoff E, eds. 1997. Information trading: How information influences the health policy process. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 142 pp.

Annotation: The case studies selected and presented in this volume address the adoption of the Japanese just-in-time manufacturing strategy to information development and trading on Capitol Hill; funding of graduate medical education as proposed by President Clinton; the development of New York State legislation phasing out the state's hospital rate-setting system with a more market-oriented approach for funding graduate medical education and other public goods such as care for the uninsured; the Congressional debate over reauthorization of the National Institutes of Health, legislative efforts in the 104th U.S. Congress to regulate the use of genetic information; and overtures in the Congress to reform Medicare payments to participating health maintenance organization risk contractors. Each case study was written by a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $28.50 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-05793-0.

Keywords: Case studies, Federal government, Genetics, Government information, Health policy, Information dissemination, Information sources, Medical education, Medicare, National Institutes of Health, New York, Policy development, United States

1996. Canada-U.S.A. Women's Health Forum: Proceedings, August 8-10, 1996, Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa, Canada: Health Canada; Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 251 pp.

Annotation: These conference proceedings from the Canada-USA Forum on Women's Health, Forum, co-hosted by the Canadian and United States governments in August 1996, focus on key women's health issues ranging from environmental health, reproductive health, and violence prevention to research, education, and leadership. Included are recommendations that challenge government and non-government entities to enhance their knowledge and intervention strategies. The conference agenda, workshop summary reports, and list of delegates are also provided.

Keywords: Canada, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Federal initiatives, International health, United States, Women', s health

Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality. 1995. Hold out the lifeline: A compendium of program ideas (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality, 12 pp.

U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. 1995. Proceedings of the international collaborative effort on injury statistics, Vol. I. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 305 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings stem from a meeting held May 18-20, 1994 which was designed to allow members of the International Collaborative Effort to improve comparability and quality of injury data. Sections address levels and trends in injury mortality and morbidity in selected participating countries, sources of injury related data and special methodological problems, current problems in producing comparable international mortality and morbidity statistics, data needs, linkage issues and coding issues.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Contact Phone: (301) 436-7039 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website. Document Number: DHHS (PHS) 95-1252.

Keywords: Australia, Canada, Clinical coding, Denmark, England, France, Injury surveillance systems, International classification of diseases, International data, Israel, Morbidity, Mortality, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Statistical reference sources, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, United States

Schmittroth L, ed. 1994. Statistical record of children. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 983 pp.

Annotation: This statistical summary provides data on a wide range of topics that relate to health and well-being of children to the age of 14. The focus is primarily on children in the United States, but international data are provided for selected topics. Data cover adolescents between the ages 12–17 for certain subjects. The broad categories included are: population; vital statistics; education; health, nutrition, and medical care; child care; income and expenditures; crimes, misdemeanors, and violence; domestic life; sports and recreation; and international comparisons. The intent, organization, and methodology for the publication is discussed in the preface. Sources of information are provided for each data table, and a complete list of sources consulted is also included.

Contact: Cengage Learning, P.O. Box 6904, Florence, KY 41022-6904, Telephone: (800) 354-9706 Contact Phone: (800) 877-4253 Fax: (800) 487-8488 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cengage.com/ $99.00; no shipping and handling if prepaid. Document Number: ISBN 0-8103-9196-1.

Keywords: Child care, Children, Costs, Crime, Data, Demographics, Education, Family economics, Family income, Family life, Health, Health services, International data, Nutrition, Sports, United States, Violence, Vital statistics

American Association for World Health. 1994. World Health Day, April 7, 1994: Oral health for a healthy life. Washington, DC: American Association for World Health, 35 pp.

Annotation: This resource booklet provides materials for promoting World Health Day, April 7, 1994, which focuses on oral health. It emphasizes the correlation between oral health and a person's general health and notes progress in achieving better oral health. The booklet reviews challenges in the United States and reports on oral disease among school children, adults, and the elderly. It includes information on oral diseases and risk factors, the dangers of using tobacco, patterns in oral health around the world, and particular challenges in developing countries. It presents future initiatives, reviews basic points in oral care, and provides information on promoting and participating in the 1994 World Health Day observations. The booklet is available in English and Spanish.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Developing countries, Health observances, Health promotion, Oral health, Spanish language materials, United States

Resnik S. 1994. The social history of hemophilia in the United States (1948-1988): The emergence and empowerment of a community. [New York, NY]: Columbia University School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, 345 pp.

Annotation: This doctoral dissertation chronicles and analyzes the transformation of hemophilia--an inherited, incurable blood disease--into a manageable chronic condition over the course of 40 years. It uses an ethnographic approach in juxtaposition with documentary analysis and includes a definition of hemophilia and a history of the disease and its treatment. The dissertation is divided into the following chapters: (1) introduction; (2) the dismal era; (3) emerging from the dismal era (1948-1965); (4) the 60s: the beginning of a golden interval; (5) the hemophilia community becomes politicized--the late 60s and early 70s; (6) politics and the blood business; (7) the meaning of the maternal and child health years; (8) the AIDS era begins: the years of confusion and denial (1980-1982); (9) the AIDS era: conflicts between lay and medical leadership emerge (1983-1985); (10) the AIDS era (1985-1988): the hemophilia community rises to the challenge; and (11) conclusions. End notes, references, and a bibliography are provided. The appendices include a glossary; informant discussions, forms, codes, shapers and witnesses; research methods; a list of hemophilia treatment centers and chapters; federal program regions; treatment center outcome data; HIV hemophilia data; the Tri-Agency Model; and the evolution of the U.S. hemophilia culture.

Keywords: AIDS, Hemophilia, Hemotologic disorders, History, Research, Social factors, United States

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing. 1993 (ca.). A century of caring: A celebration of public health nursing in the United States 1893-1993. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report brings together a collection of photographs from 1893-1993 that reflects the rich and diverse history of public health nursing during that time.

Contact: U.S. Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 8-05, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-5794 Contact Phone: (301) 443-1592 Fax: (301) 443-2111 Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov/about/organization/bureaus/bhw/index.html Available from the website.

Keywords: History, Public health nursing, United States
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The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.