MCH
Alert Weekly
Newsletter
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Partners Engage in Focused Effort to Improve
the Oral Health of Pregnant Women |
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Report Examines Eligibility, Participation,
and Operations of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program |
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Web Site Highlights Initiative to Examine the
Social Mission of Medical Education |
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Article Assesses Awareness and Use of California's
Paid Family Leave Insurance Program Among Parents of CSHCN |
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Analysis Provides Evidence Against Association
of Autism with MMR Exposure |
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Recognizing that
high-quality maternal and child health (MCH) services are vital
to the health of the nation, the NCEMCH was established in 1982
at Georgetown University as
a national resource to the MCH community. The Center's multidisciplinary
staff collaborates with a broad range of federal agencies,
corporate and philanthropic partners, professional organizations,
and academic institutions. |
KNOWLEDGE PATHS
Domestic
Violence
This electronic guide presents resources about identifying and responding
to domestic violence within the home and the community. A separate section
lists resources for families. Other sections present resources about
children exposed to domestic violence; dating violence among adolescents;
and violence between gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender partners.
Community
Services Locator
This online directory is designed to help service providers and families
find available resources within their communities that can address child
and family needs.
Overweight
and Obesity: Children and Adolescents
This electronic guide presents resources about the prevention, identification,
management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
in homes, schools, and communities.
RESOURCE BRIEFS
Resource briefs provide quick access to the most important electronic
resources on MCH topics. The most recent briefs are:
NON-ENGLISH MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
This languages index identifies
resources written in many non-English languages, from Albanian to Yoruba. Select
a language to see a list of publications and organization resources. Readers
are invited to submit
new resources to add to this index.
MCHB FINAL REPORTS
The MCH Library receives electronic copies of MCHB Projects final reports.
They are cataloged into MCHLine® and
posted on the Final
Reports page.
MCH THESAURAS
The MCH
Thesaurus provides the MCH professional community with
a standard vocabulary that serves as a tool for indexing and retrieving
materials
in any
MCH research center, library, or special collection. The thesaurus Web
site provides an introduction; an alphabetical list of terms; a rotated
list of
terms; a set of subject categories; and a search function to search MCHLine® for
specific terms. A pdf version of the full thesaurus is also available.
AWARDS
MCHB Award
The National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH) at
Georgetown University has been awarded a 5-year cooperative agreement from
the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) to continue its MCH Library services.
Read more.
Read more about
the APEX Award as well as other Awards the MCH
Library has received.
Contact the MCH Library.
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Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health and Georgetown
University |