Annotation: These two pamphlets present growth data for boys and girls from birth to age 5. Addressed to mothers, they include a table to record height and weight at each doctor's visit, and a graph on which the child's growth can be plotted. The graph also shows the 10th to 90th NCHS growth percentiles as a shaded region. The text is in both English and Spanish. The child's name can be filled in to complete the title. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child development, Growth charts, Growth monitoring, Infant development, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This manual is a dietary assessment tool used by licensed dietitians for WIC applicants and participants. The tool is divided into four sections, which are: 1) dietary questions, 2) food frequency, 3) nutrition risk assessment, and 4) space for a nutrition care plan. Each section has blank forms and instructions and suggestions.

Contact: Iowa Department of Public Health, 321 East 12th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0075, Telephone: (515) 281-7689 Secondary Telephone: (866) 227-9878 Contact Phone: (515) 281-5787 E-mail: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/contact_us.asp Web Site: http://www.idph.state.ia.us Price unknown.

Keywords: Dietary assessment, Dietitians, Food habits, Forms, Nutrition assessment, Nutrition education, Nutrition monitoring, Nutrition research, WIC Program

Annotation: This fact sheet provided health professionals with basic information about the prevalence of It provides the surveillance and screening algorithm.

Contact: National Center for Medical Home Implementation, American Academy of Pediatrics Division of Children with Special Needs, 141 Northwest Point Boulevard, P.O. Box 747, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, Telephone: (847) 434-4000 Secondary Telephone: (800) 433-9016 Fax: (847) 228-7035 E-mail: medical_home@aap.org Web Site: http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Autism, Children with special health care needs, Developmental screening, Diagnosis, Monitoring, Referrals, Screening, Treatment

Annotation: This resource provides information and tools related to Head Start monitoring, including the onsite review protocol (in English and Spanish), video and slides from a grantee webcast, and monitoring guides. The guides are organized by reviewer roles and evidence-collection methods. In each guide, the evidence collected is linked to compliance indicators and frameworks within the protocol. Topics include management systems and program governance, fiscal integrity, staff and child file, family and community engagement, child health and safety, and child development and education.

Contact: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, U.S. Office of Head Start, Telephone: (866) 763-6481 Web Site: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Families, Head Start, Manuals, Monitoring, Multimedia, Oral health, Performance measurement, Protocols, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This data book provides information on thirteen health topics regarding material behaviors and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy, using information from the Rhode Island Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). The topics include unintended pregnancy, pre-pregnancy, obesity, prepregnancy multivitamin use, intimate partner violence, tobacco use, prenatal care, flu vaccination, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, perinatal depression, low birth weight, preterm birth, breastfeeding, and infant sleep position. The data book focuses on monitoring the prevalence of health problems over time and identifying groups at high risk for the problems. Figures throughout the book present statistics based on PRAMS survey data for 2004-2009.

Contact: Rhode Island Department of Health, Three Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908, Telephone: (401) 222-5960 E-mail: http://www.health.state.ri.us/contactus Web Site: http://www.health.state.ri.us Available from the website.

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Keywords: Data, Maternal health, Monitoring, Pregnancy, Rhode Island, Risk assessment, State initiatives, Statistics, Women

Annotation: This issue brief describes how surveillance data, such as that collected through the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), can guide decision marking for programs, especially those related to infant sleep. The brief includes state-specific examples and use of PRAMS in informing programmatic change in safe sleep programs. The brief indicates which states participate in PRAMS and highlights data-supported infant safe sleep efforts in states such as Alaska, Michigan, and Florida. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs, , 112 E. Allegan, Suite 500, Lansing, MI 48933, Telephone: (800) 930-7437 Fax: (517) 485-0163 E-mail: asip@asip1.org Web Site: http://www.asip1.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Data, Data collection, Injury prevention, Monitoring, Program development, SIDS, Sleep position, State initiatives

Annotation: This patient education brochure discusses the use of fetal heart rate monitoring during labor and delivery. It explains why fetal rate monitoring is done, what different fetal rate patterns mean, and what types of fetal heart rate monitoring are used. Included are illustrations showing how the two different types of monitors (internal and external) work and a glossary of terminology.

Contact: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street S.W., P.O. Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920, Telephone: (202) 638-5577 Secondary Telephone: (202) 863-2518 E-mail: resources@acog.org Web Site: http://www.acog.org Price per pack of 50 brochures: Member, $22.75; Non-members 25.50..

Keywords: Fetal monitoring, Patient education materials, Pregnancy, Risk management

Annotation: This guide provides information about adolescent depression and treatment options. It introduces adolescent depression and its causes and symptoms and getting an accurate diagnosis. It then discusses treatment, including talk therapy and medications; risks and benefits of antidepressants, as well as family history and treatment. Risk of suicide is also presented, creating good monitoring systems and safety plans, treatment research, and how to be an effective advocate for an adolescent with depression. The guide concludes with resources.

Contact: National Alliance on Mental Illness, 3803 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203, Telephone: (703) 524-7600 Secondary Telephone: (800) 950-6264 Fax: (703) 524-9094 E-mail: info@nami.org Web Site: http://www.nami.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Advocacy, Antidepressant drugs, Cognitive therapy, Consumer education materials, Depression, Families, Monitoring, Parents, Safety, Treatment

Annotation: This report provides recommendations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on revising its standards and requirements so that school meals are more healthful. The recommendations are based on a review and assessment of Dietary Reference Intakes (a system of nutrition recommendations from the Institute of Medicine) and the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (jointly prepared by the USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). The eight recommendations in the report update the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) nutrition standards and meal requirements approved in 1995; shift the focus toward meeting recommendations in the 2005 Dietary Guidelines; emphasize the need for effective implementation; and identify key research topics. The recommendations encompass standards for menu planning and standards for meals as selected by the student (in contrast to those that are simply offered to students). Seventeen appendixes include sample menus, data tales, definitions, and comparisons between the existing guidelines and proposed revisions for school meal preparation.

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: customer_service@nap.edu Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $55.00, plus shipping and handling; also available from the website after registration.

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Keywords: Child health promotion, Data, Dietary guidelines, Federal programs, Nutrition assessment, Nutrition monitoring, Nutrition programs, Program evaluation, School age children, School breakfast programs, School food services, School lunch programs

Annotation: This issue brief describes how the Federal Healthy Start Initiative and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) are collaborating in efforts to identify, assess, and address maternal behaviors and conditions that prevent women from having a healthy pregnancy. The brief describes the goals of federal Healthy Start programs to reduce infant mortality.and explains how PRAMS (the surveillance system developed by the U.S. Center's for Disease Control and Prevention to identify and monitor maternal behavior and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy) collects state-specific data on core topics in maternal and child health. The brief describes why it makes sense for the Healthy Start and PRAMS programs to work together and provides examples of collaborative efforts in New York City, Georgia, South Dakota, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. It also explains how programs can begin to collaborate.

Contact: National Healthy Start Association, 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1350, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 296-2195 Fax: (202) 296-2197 E-mail: info@nationalhealthystart.org Web Site: http://www.healthystartassoc.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Maternal health, Population surveillance, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Pregnancy outcome, Prevention programs, Risk assessment, State initiatives, Surveys