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Cardone, Ida; Gilkerson, Linda; Wechsler, Nick – ZERO TO THREE, 2008
"Teenagers and Their Babies" is a self-study and preparation guide for paraprofessional home-based visitors to engage expectant and new parents in an exploration of their baby's development and their expectations for parenthood. The guide includes service interventions--strategies, techniques, and activities--for home visitors and doulas to use…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Home Visits, Pregnancy, Adolescents
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Children and Families. – 1996
The complexity and constantly changing dimensions of national discussions about health care reform hold the risk that special problems of children and pregnant women will be overlooked. This monograph summarizes two workshops which discussed the important health policy issues presented by children and pregnant women that should be addressed by any…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Health Care Costs, Health Insurance
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Fairview Health Services. – 1997
Prepared by the Maternal and Newborn Services staff at a health care system affiliated with the University of Minnesota, this book is designed as several resources in one, encompassing pregnancy, childbirth, infant care, child development, baby keepsakes, medical records, and journal-keeping. The book provides authoritative, up-to-date information…
Descriptors: Birth, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Kowalenko, Nick; Barnett, Bryanne; Fowler, Cathrine; Matthey, Stephen – 2000
The perinatal period offers a unique opportunity for enhancing the mental health of women and their families. Women come into frequent contact with health professionals during this time and the enhancement of their emotional well being can promote their own, their infant's, and their partner's health. The aim of this book is to assist health…
Descriptors: Early Identification, Emotional Problems, Females, Foreign Countries
Laken, Marilyn Poland; Hutchins, Ellen – 1995
According to current estimates, approximately 5.5 percent of all American pregnant women use an illicit drug during pregnancy. National concern for drug-exposed infants prompted interest in the needs of substance using pregnant women and in the development of drug treatment programs for them. A total of 147 comprehensive programs have been funded…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Focus Groups
Stautberg, Susan Schiffer – 1993
Intended for women who plan to combine a career with motherhood, this book is a planning document for the full-time working mother-to-be during the three trimesters of pregnancy and the first trimester of motherhood. Each section discusses physical and mental changes associated with motherhood and includes a calendar for appointments and events…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Day Care, Diaries, Dual Career Family