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Annotation: These guidelines describe the process of applying for a Maternal and Child Health Improvement Projects (MCHIP) grant. They include a description of the program and explanations of what is required in each section of the grant proposal. The guidelines also list program priorities for Fiscal Year 1993 and give practical information on the application procedure, such as deadlines, copies required, etc. The appendices required to accompany the application are listed. A statement on the title page stresses that this is not a complete application kit.

Contact: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Secondary Telephone: (833)852-6262 Web Site: https://mchb.hrsa.gov Price unknown.

Keywords: Applications, Federal MCH programs, Federal grants, Guidelines, Proposal writing, SPRANS

Annotation: This manual includes a set of forms, charts, outlines, checklists, tips, and strategies to streamline the grantseeking process. Sections cover the following topics: developing project ideas, researching funders, preparing to write proposals, writing proposals, and completing and submitting proposals.

Contact: Aspen Publishers, 76 Ninth Avenue, Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10011, Telephone: (800) 234-1660 Secondary Telephone: (212) 771-0600 Contact Phone: (800) 655-5597 Fax: (212) 771-0885 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.aspenpublishers.com $45.00 plus $3 shipping and handling.

Keywords: Development, Fundraising, Grants, Proposal writing

Annotation: This book provides an integrated approach to developing printed materials that includes marketing, writing, and graphic design. Specific topics are understanding the medium, getting organized, getting and holding attention, writing for printed materials, design for communication, and production and distribution. Worksheets, a resource list, and a glossary are included.

Contact: Bull Publishing Company, P.O. Box 1377, Boulder, CO 80306, Telephone: (800) 676-2855 Fax: (303) 545-6354 Web Site: http://www.bullpub.com/ $23.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling.

Keywords: Communication, Graphic design, Writing

Annotation: This guide is aimed at those communities that have been invited to develop proposals under The Annie E. Casey Foundation's New Futures initiative. The guide is organized into three general chapters, each divided into subsections. These chapters correspond to the activities the Foundation expects candidate communities to follow as they develop their plans for a local New Futures initiative. The first chapter describes important planning tasks that candidate sites must undertake before designing any new interventions. The second chapter describes the kinds of programmatic strategies that are likely to help at risk adolescents mature into productive and successful adults. And the third chapters offers guidance on the planning process, administrative structures and information systems mechanisms needed to launch and sustain a successful local initiative.

Contact: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone: (410) 547-6600 Fax: (410) 547-6624 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aecf.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: High risk adolescents, Intervention, Program planning, Proposal writing, Strategic plans

Annotation: The guidelines, which present information compiled from a variety of resources, are intended to help in preparing written materials for adults with limited reading skills. They are directed to writers and editors who have never written for low-literacy audiences or who want to sharpen their skills, as well as to persons not trained as writers and editors but whose responsibilities require preparation of such materials.

Contact: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Contact Phone: (703) 305-2585 Web Site: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns Available from the website.

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Keywords: Health education, Low literacy materials, Nutrition education, Writing

Annotation: This manual is designed to lead authors of medical writings to clarity and precision in their writing and to assist editors in preparing publications. Its five sections cover the following topics: 1) Preparing an article for publication: types of articles, manuscript preparation, legal and ethical considerations, and editorial assessment and processing; 2) Style: grammar, punctuation, plurals, capitalization, correct and preferred usage, foreign language words and phrases, and accents; 3) Terminology: abbreviations, nomenclature, eponyms and Greek letters; 4) Measurement and quantitation: units of measure, numbers and percentages, statistics, and mathematical composition; and 5) Technical information and bibliography: printing and production terms, copy editing and proofreading marks, and resource bibliography. An appendix lists virus names.

Contact: American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610, Telephone: (800) 621-8335 Fax: Web Site: http://www.ama-assn.org Latest edition available online for a subscription. Document Number: ISBN 0683402064.

• 10th Edition

Keywords: Medical terminology, Style manuals, Writing

Annotation: The purpose of these guidelines for use in health programs is to be useful to a variety of health workers, such as nurses, community health workers, physicians, social workers, and health educators; to integrate nutrition as a component of comprehensive health promotion and clinical health services; to deliver quality nutritional care; to assist with determining the cost of nutrition services when developing fee-for-service instruments; and to focus and streamline the delivery of nutritional care and in that way make the service cost effective. These guidelines were designed as a model to be adapted to the protocols by those utilizing the tool. They may also be used as model standards, for monitoring, proposal writing, and evaluating.

Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region X, 2201 Sixth Avenue, Room 1036, Mail Stop -01, Seattle, WA 98121-1831, Telephone: (206) 615-2010 Fax: (206) 615-2087 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://directory.psc.gov/os/880.html Price unknown.

Keywords: Cost effectiveness, Costs, Evaluation, Guidelines, Health personnel, Health programs, Model programs, Monitoring, Nutrition, Proposal writing, Services, Standards