Annotation: This educational videotape addresses the need for prenatal care among economically disadvantaged women. Model prenatal care programs across the country are highlighted.

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Box 571272, Washington, DC 20057-1272, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 Fax: (202) 784-9777 E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu Web Site: http://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHC085.

Keywords: Access to prenatal care, Audiovisual materials, Model programs, Poverty, Videotapes

Annotation: This report summaries of five model programs in violence prevention supported by the New York State Department of Health. Several programs focus on training for youth and parents. Other topics addressed include mentoring, community service, mediation, conflict resolution, and rape crisis services.

Keywords: Model programs, New York, Violence prevention

Annotation: The opening portion of this 36 minute video features a description of the Chicago Breast Feeding Task Force's Breastfeeding, Peer Counselor Program, based at Cook County Hospital. The Administrative Director, Rachel Abramson, provides program details and a discussion of the statistics which gave rise to the program, showing that economically disadvantaged mothers tend not to breastfeed. The second portion of the film features interviews with peer counselors in the program, and the third portion features comments by members of the administrative team commenting on the management of the program.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Community health services, Hospitals, Model programs, Outreach, Peer counseling, Peer support programs, Programs, Videotapes

Annotation: This paper presents a prevention model to reduce problem behavior in adolescents by identifying risk factors and protective factors in an adolescent's environment and targeting gaps between the two at all stages of the adolescent's environmental system—individual, family, peers, school, work, and community. The paper reviews current research on risk and protective factors that influence the well being of youth and suggests implications of this research for developing comprehensive community based prevention programs.

Contact: National 4-H Council, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, Telephone: (301) 961-2800 E-mail: info@fourhcouncil.edu Web Site: http://www.fourhcouncil.edu Price unknown.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Community programs, Environmental influences, Models, Prevention programs, Protective factors, Risk factors

Annotation: This newsletter highlights efforts to replicate the Caring Program for Children in locations outside of western Pennsylvania were it originated; the program is a public-private partnership which provides primary health care to uninsured children who do not qualify for Medicaid coverage. The first issue of the newsletter contains articles on the 20th replication of the program in California, the role of improving children's access to health care and their health status as components of successful replications, and the expansion of the caring program to include oral health and to provide services for children with chronic illnesses. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Corporate programs, Insurance, Local MCH programs, Medical assistance, Models, Newsletters, Primary care, Public private partnerships

Annotation: This brochure describes plans for the Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health, a collaborative legislative initiative of the schools of medicine, public health, and nursing at the University of Minnesota. It describes current threats to adolescent health and efforts the institute will undertake to establish an education exchange between Minnesota youth-serving communities and the university and its students.

Contact: Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Third Floor West, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959, Telephone: (612) 625-7137 Secondary Telephone: (800) 276-8642 Fax: (612) 626-2134 E-mail: konopka@umn.edu Web Site: http://www.konopka.umn.edu/

Keywords: Adolescent health, Information services, Model programs, Social services, Training

Annotation: This report examines the use of technology to overcome barriers to learning. Topics include information systems management, multimedia aids to facilitate intervention, in situ and distance learning, and model programs and guides. A list of additional references is also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Center for Mental Health in Schools, UCLA School Mental Health Project, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, Telephone: (310) 825-3634 Secondary Telephone: (866) 846-4843 Fax: (310) 206-8716 E-mail: smhp@ucla.edu Web Site: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu Price unknown.

Keywords: Barriers, Education, Information systems, Intervention, Learning, Mental health, Model programs, Technology

Annotation: This issue brief uses data from Chapin Hall’s evaluation of the Elev8 Full-Service Schools Initiative as a case study to focus on the challenges and benefits of offering economic support services to low income families at schools. Based on their findings, the authors conclude that the Elev8 Initiative, which brings together schools, families, and the community in underserved neighborhoods, shows promise as a way to provide support services to families while improving the educational opportunities for their children. Using lessons learned from the Eval8 Initiativ, the authors present recommendations for future efforts to integrate economic support services into schools. Their suggested strategies include hiring long-term staff members to build trusting relationships with parents; offering economic support services in conjunction with a broader array of services; ensuring clear lines of communication between partner organizations; and taking steps to ensure parents’ privacy.

Contact: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, Telephone: (773) 753-5900 Fax: (773) 753-5940 Web Site: http://www.chapinhall.org Available from the web site.

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Keywords: Community based services, Economic factors, Educational factors, Evaluation, High risk children, Initiatives, Low income groups, Models, Partnerships, School-linked programs

Annotation: This web site contains documents and presentations from the online meeting held April 24-25, 2013. Contents include the meeting notice, agenda, and 20 presentations given over the two-day broadcast. Presentation topics include well woman care, reproductive choice, and preconception health on the national agenda; preconception health; prenatal care; maternal health; Healthy Start; best practices; state and federal initiatives, as well as other collaborations to reduce infant mortality from CityMatCH and CoIIN (Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network).

Contact: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/mchbadvisory/InfantMortality/index.html Available from the website.

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Keywords: Federal initiatives, Health care delivery, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Meetings, Model programs, Postpartum care, Preconception care, Pregnancy, Program planning, State initiatives, Women's health

Annotation: This report describes a needs assessment of health center dental directors and follow-up interviews with nine “early adopter” organizations that have made substantial progress in integrating oral health into the patient-centered health home (PCHH). Topics include characteristics and organizational factors of the early adopter health centers that facilitated medical-dental integration and the establishment of the PCHH, as well as barriers that hinder this achievement. Additional topics include promising practices related to integrating oral health with other health center services.

Contact: National Network for Oral Health Access, PMB 329, 3700 Quebec Street, Unit 100, Denver, CO 80207-1639, Telephone: (303) 957-0635 Fax: (866) 316-4995 E-mail: info@nnoha.org Web Site: http://www.nnoha.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Barriers, Case studies, Medical home, Model programs, Needs assessment, Oral health, Patient care planning