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A Bibliography of Distance Learning Products
A bibliography of distance learning products, (Not a Government Website) has been compiled by Bright Futures at Georgetown University, the MCH Library, and the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center to assist MCH Training grantees in the development of distance learning...
A Health Professional's Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management
A series of seven self-contained online modules designed to assist health professionals in managing the oral health of infants and young children.
These modules provide health professionals with information to help them prevent oral diseases, which still afflict many U.S. children, especially...
Target Audience
Health professionals interested in pediatric oral care
ABC's of Managed Care Organizations
This Internet module was developed based on the course called "ABC's of MCO's" funded by the federal MCH Bureau. It provides the basics of managed care terms, organization and services.
Target Audience
MCH professionals, students, managed care organizations
Abuse and Neglect of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
A Web Course for Health and Human Service Professionals
This Web course was designed for healthcare professionals, who are in key positions to detect maltreatment as they serve people with developmental disabilities across the continuum from inpatient to community based care. The content of the Web course is also highly relevant for professionals...
Addressing Health Disparities through Dental-Medical Collaborations Part III: Leadership for the Public Good
Discussion of changes needed in dental and medical training to better address oral health disparities. Addresses value of local or state-specific data, the need for partnerships with key stakeholders, and the role of financial incentives in leveraging change. Source: Mouradian, WE. J Dent Educ....
Addressing Obesity and Other Weight-Related Problems In Youth
An editorial stressing the importance of effective intervention efforts in working toward the prevention and treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. Source: Neuwmark-Sztainer, Story, Kaphingst and French. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:290-291.
Adolescent Confidentiality
The primary care provider (PCP) who works with adolescents is in an excellent position to determine which adolescents are engaging in risk-taking behavior. The provider may be the first to recognize an adolescent with a substance abuse problem, an eating disorder, or one who is engaging in risky...
Target Audience
Educators, nurses, families. Audio tapes and manuals disseminated nationally to multiple disciplines through Continuing Education, School of Nursing, University of Washington.
Adolescent Health Transition Project
Purpose: To provide information for teens, parents, and providers about health transition for children and adolescents with special health care needs.
Content: Includes specific health care transition information for teens, for parents, and for providers. Includes a Transition Timeline and...
Target Audience
Teens with special health care needs, families with children and adolescents with special health care needs, providers of health care and others as school transition personnel
Adolescent Health: A Community Perspective
This course (12 contact hours) is developed by the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC).
About This Course
This course provides a broad overview of adolescent health and draws upon the work of numerous organizations. Many resources have been used, especially, those...
Annual national/regional CE workshops with distance learning - Bright Futures Initiatives
To develop cross-disciplinary education resources for MCH and other health care professionals featuring Bright Futures educational materials in a yearly two-hour distance learning workshop.
Target Audience
Physicians, dietitians/nutritionists, nurses, social workers and other professionals or educators who are involved in the care of children (public and private)
Archived Webcasts from the 2002-2004 UIC MCH Leadership Conferences
The 2004 conference addresses the role of evaluation in translating research into practice. Sessions will highlight innovative MCH programs and show participants how these programs have affected the health and well-being of women, children, and families. Conference presenters will share their...
Target Audience
MCH professionals
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children: A Visual Guide/ Volume 1: An Overview, Learning to Observe Across the Three Symptom Domains
The DVD, Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children: Volume 1: An Overview/ Learning to Observe Across the Three Symptom Domains, contains extensive video examples of core autism symptoms in young children with ASD, ages 12 months to 4 years, accompanied by narration and explanation, and...
Building a System of Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs
This course is produced by the Rocky
Mountain Public Health Education Consortium
(RMPHEC). This course introduces participants
to children with special health care needs
and their families; the necessary components
of an integrated system of care for these
children; and a national...
Target Audience
health educators, nurses, social workers, dieticians
Building Evidence for environmental and policy solutions to prevent childhood obesity
Brief about Healthy Eating Research, a program launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports solution-oriented research to improve healthy eating and reduce obesity rates among children. Source: Story, M and Orleans T. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (2006) 30(1):96-97.
Can we simultaneously work toward the prevention of obesity and eating disorders in children and adolescents?
This article proposes that in order to answer the question, Can we simultaneously work toward the prevention of obesity and eating disorders in children and adolescents?, the following must be determined: (a) if there is a need for integrated approaches; (b) if we can bridge the fields of...
CD ROM Evaluation Tool
A user feedback form developed for the "Healthy Smiles Through Child Care Health Consultation: A Distance Learning Course" - a MCHB Continuing Education and Development Project at the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Univerisy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The evaluation tool...
CE Modules from the Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Topics include Connecting with Children: The Therapeutic Interview and Teaching Self-Regulation Skills, Providing Transition Services to Children and Youth with Special Health Needs, Getting to the Heart of It: Ways to Provide Culturally Competent Care to American Indian Children and their...
CF Heart 2 Heart web site and newsletter
The CF Heart2Heart Web Site is located at http://www.cfheart2heart.com/. The CF Heart2Heart web site allows access to current and previous Heart2Heart newsletters, offers a wealth of information regarding cystic fibrosis, and highlights the latest news within the cystic fibrosis community. The...
Target Audience
The local community of families with Cystic Fibrosis around the state of Alabama.
Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Children and adolescents who are obese suffer not only physical consequences, but emotional consequences as well. To provide effective treatment, health professionals must learn what the child and family needs are, as family involvement significantly improves the effectiveness of weight control...
Target Audience
Educators, nurses, dietitians, administrators and families. Audio tapes and manuals disseminated nationally to multiple disciplines through Continuing Education, School of Nursing, University of Washington.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Health Care Transitions
The purpose for these continuing education approaches are to 1)understand the planning needed over time for health care transitions by enhancing choices and decision-making skills of youth and 2)apply leadership and cultural concepts to the health care approaches during transitions for youth and...
Target Audience
Educators, nurses, families. Audio tapes and manuals disseminated nationally to multiple disciplines through Continuing Education, School of Nursing, University of Washington.