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Annotation: This issue reviews several measures of oral health in children and presents data on children's dental health. Data are presented by age groups and in time frames. The issue also discusses the utilization of oral health services in various ethnic groups and low income populations.

Contact: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 343 Second Street, Los Altos, CA 94022, Telephone: (650) 948-7658 E-mail: https://www.packard.org/contact-us Web Site: https://www.packard.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Blacks, Child health, Children, Dentists, EPSDT, Families, Low income groups, Medicaid, Mexican Americans, Oral health, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics, Whites

Annotation: This report summarizes a Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded project presented at a seminar December 13, 1996. This project focuses on the relationship between weight gain in pregnant women and fat gain by studying weight gain and body composition changes during pregnancy. Weight gain, fat gain, and birthweight were studied in African-American, white, and Hispanic women. The report ends with reaction to the project and a list of publications. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Photocopy available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Blacks, Body composition, Evaluation methods, Hispanic Americans, MCH research, Pregnant women, Weight gain, Whites

Annotation: This report presents data from the National Survey of Family Growth. It includes statistics collected in 1973, 1982, and 1988 on children ever born and future births expected. The statistics are shown for women 15 - 44 years of age at each survey date, by age, race, and parity. The data are also shown for birth cohorts of women surveyed in 1973, 1982, and 1988. The report discusses the source and limitations of the data, the findings, and the differences between the National Survey of Family Growth and Current Population Survey Estimates.

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 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Single copies available at no charge. Document Number: DHHS (PHS) 95-1993.

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Keywords: Age groups, Birth intervals, Birth rates, Blacks, Comparative analysis, Family size, Fertility, Marital status, Maternal age, Racial factors, Statistics, Trends, Whites

Annotation: This book presents information to school administrators, teachers, policymakers, and the public on the need to develop multicultural programs for educating children about health issues. The book's 17 chapters, written by individual authors, focus on various aspects of developing culturally relevant health education programs. Chapters are organized around broad categories: foundations for multicultural health education, comprehensive health education in a multicultural world, multicultural relevance in instruction, increasing staff capabilities, and family and community involvement. An appendix contains national and state-by-state population figures for various ethnic groups in elementary and secondary schools plus several other tables of demographic information.

Contact: ETR Associates, 4 Carbonero Way, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4200, Telephone: (831) 438-4060 Secondary Telephone: (800) 321-4407 Fax: (800) 435-8433 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.etr.org $34.95 plus shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 1-56071-355-0.

Keywords: Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Children, Cultural diversity, Cultural factors, Demographics, Health education, Hispanic Americans, Program evaluation, School age children, School based programs, Whites

Annotation: This report is based on data collected from household interviews during 1985, 1986 and 1987. It reports on health status and utilization of health services by black and white persons. Specific topics include incidence of acute conditions, prevalence of reported chronic conditions, limitation of activity due to chronic conditions, restricted activity associated with acute and chronic conditions, respondent-assessed health status, physician contacts, short-stay hospitalization, hospital discharges, average length of hospital stay and annual hospital days.

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 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs $6.00. Document Number: DHHS (PHS) 90-1599.

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Keywords: Blacks, Health statistics, Whites

Annotation: This book considers the changes in the populations' attitudes towards racial issues in the United States since the 1940s. The book provides a historical background for interpreting racial attitudes, notes problems relating to studying changes in attitudes, and reviews the questions utilized in the survey taken for this book. It then analyzes the trends in the responses from the white and black populations surveyed, and provides theoretical interpretations of the trends for the white respondents. The methodology of the study is reviewed in two appendices.

Contact: Harvard University Press, 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Telephone: (800) 405-1619 Secondary Telephone: 401-531-2800 Fax: (800) 406-9145 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hup.harvard.edu $14.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 0-674-74573-6.

Keywords: Blacks, Racial factors, Social conditions, Social problems, Statistics, Surveys, Whites

Annotation: The principal aim of this study was to identify the major determinants of infant feeding behavior in new mothers, and, for mothers choosing breastfeeding, the major determinants of the duration of breastfeeding. This study used a six-group, 2 x 3 prospective design in which the sample was stratified by two levels of race (black and white) and by three levels of education. The investigator found for both black and white women, breastfeeding rates increased with increasing years of education. Among those with a high school or higher level of education, white women were significantly more likely than black women to carry out their prenatal intention to breastfeed, as were better educated women of both races. In addition, the study identified four variables as significant predictors of failure to breastfeed for more than seven days (in women who were interviewed prenatally and who stated an intention to breastfeed). The four variables were: lower prenatal scores on confidence in ability to breastfeed, less certainty in the decision to breastfeed, delayed first breastfeeding, and not having the baby rooming in. The results of the study support the position that there are substantial ethnic and cultural influences on infant feeding practices which are independent of level of education. The findings have implications for breastfeeding promotion interventions. [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 PB88-239660.

Keywords: Blacks, Breastfeeding, Education, Infant formula, Mothers, Whites

Annotation: This book describes the overall and comparative status of black and white children and families in America; the human and public costs that result from widespread child and family poverty; the author's perception of our nations' failure to invest adequately and preventively in our young; the historical role of government in bolstering families; and the strong black tradition of self-help. The commitment of government to assist the needy is examined in connection with family and child poverty. The author provides suggestions for a partnership between government, the private sector, and the black community to ensure children food, clothing, housing, medical care, and education and how she feels these could benefit the nation's future.

Contact: Harvard University Press, 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Telephone: (800) 405-1619 Secondary Telephone: 401-531-2800 Fax: (800) 406-9145 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hup.harvard.edu Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-674-29228-6 .

Keywords: Blacks, Children, Collaboration, Families, Government, Poverty, Private sector, United States, Whites

Annotation: This study examines the white and black infant mortality rates and low birthweight percentages for state and city infant populations and the changes in those rates over 1978-1982. It examines data from 36 states and 60 cities and urban counties for which the authors had complete infant health data for those years. Volume 1 describes results of the study and volume 2 is a literature review.

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Keywords: Blacks, Infant mortality, Literature reviews, Low birthweight, Minority groups, Newborn infants, Vital statistics, Whites

Annotation: This special issue of the "Journal of Family Issues" is dedicated to the role of family relations within the context of cultural diversity based on racial and ethnic differences. It includes empirical and theoretical articles. Topics covered include family life and racial and ethnic diversity; social support systems for employed African Americans and Anglo-Americans; differences between rural and urban family structures for African Americans; the timing of marriages among Chinese and Japanese Americans; the patterns of care for elderly Mexican Americans; the roles of race, ethnicity, and gender in the perceptions of fairness; and the relationships between the assimilation model, family life, and race and ethnicity and how these relationships affect the care of minority welfare mothers.

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Keywords: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural diversity, Elder care, Employment, Ethnic factors, Family characteristics, Family life, Family relations, Family relations, Marriage, Mexican Americans, Moral values, Mothers, Racial factors, Rural population, Sex role, Social values, Urban population, Welfare services, Whites, Women