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A Guide for African American Parents: Helping Children Cope with Crisis (Brochure)
This brochure, geared toward African American families and communities, briefly explains ways to help children cope with crisis. This item is available online only.
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Adventures in Parenting
This booklet describes how parents can use responding, preventing, monitoring, modeling, and mentoring to help them successfully raise children from birth to age 14.
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Am I at Risk for Gestational Diabetes?
This brochure for pregnant women explains gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that only pregnant women get, and lists the risk factors for this condition (updated June 2005).
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An Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis
This book, geared toward African American families and communities, describes ways to help children cope with crisis and describes activities that can help children to handle their emotions and to communicate using their creativity.
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Autism and Genes
This fact sheet for parents and families describes data (as of 2005) related to autism spectrum disorders and genes and NICHD-supported research on the topic.
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Autism Overview: What We Know
This fact sheet for parents and families describes data (as of 2004) related to autism spectrum disorders and NICHD-supported research on the topic.
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Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit for Reducing SIDS in African American Communities (Includes 15-, 30-, and 60-minute training modules, background material on SIDS, resources, 10 brochures, 10 magnets, and 10 door hangers)
This information kit, part of the Back to Sleep campaign, includes materials and resources for conducting community-based training sessions on ways to reduce the risks of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in African American communities.
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Back to Sleep Campaign Materials Order Form 2006
This single-page order form lists and describes all of the free materials available through the Back to Sleep campaign.
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Back to Sleep Door Hanger--African American Outreach
This card, part of the Back to Sleep campaign, hangs on a doorknob and lists ways families and caregivers can reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in African American infants and shows a safe sleep environment.
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Publish Date: 10/24/2005
Pages: 2
Price: Free
Back to Sleep Door Hanger--General Outreach
This card, part of the Back to Sleep campaign, hangs on a doorknob and lists ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and shows a safe sleep environment.
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Publish Date: 10/24/2005
Pages: 2
Price: Free
Back to Sleep Easel-Stand up Display for Back to Sleep Brochures
This standing poster allows for countertop or table top display of Back to Sleep brochures.
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Publish Date: 02/06/1999
Pages: 13 inch x 17 inch
Price: Free
Back to Sleep Magnet--African American Outreach
This refrigerator magnet, part of the Back to Sleep campaign, lists key ways parents and caregivers can reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in African American infants.
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Publish Date: 10/24/2005
Pages: 1
Price: Free
Beyond Infertility: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
This booklet explains the possible causes, treatments, resources related to, and disorders associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition in which women have high levels of certain hormones, may be infertile, and may have cysts on their ovaries.
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Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise to Build Healthy Bones!
This single sheet for children and teens explains the importance of weight-bearing physical activity for building strong bones.
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Do I have Premature Ovarian Failure (POF)?
This booklet for women and their families explains the symptoms, causes, treatments, and NICHD research related to premature ovarian failure (POF)/ovarian insufficiency.
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