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Strengthening Urban MCH Capacity. Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference (Washington, D.C., September 13-16, 1992). Conference Highlights.
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Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1993
This report presents highlights from a conference convened to discuss issues related to the enhancement of the ability of urban maternal and child health (MCH) programs at the local level to improve the health and well-being of children and families. In part 1 of the document, speeches concerning the federal and local perspectives on maternal and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Promoting Adolescent Health and Well-Being through School-Linked, Multi-Service, Family-Friendly Programs. Meeting Highlights and Background Briefing Report: Family Impact Seminars with COFO (Washington, D.C., July 12, 1991).
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Washington, DC. Research and Education Foundation. – 1991
Increased attention to adolescent health and well-being has been stimulated by rising mortality rates and high morbidity rates among adolescents. Several national inquiries have found that the responses of medical and other service systems do not adequately meet the health-related needs of adolescents and that a different approach, involving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Family Involvement, Health Needs
Improving Urban MCH Linkages: Highlights of the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference.
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Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1994
This report contains selected presentations from the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Following welcoming remarks by Carolyn Slack, two presentations discuss improving urban maternal and child health (MCH) linkages. "Pittsburgh's Alliance for Infants," by Virginia Bowman, describes a comprehensive in-home…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health
New Unesco Project To Improve Primary School Performance through Improved Nutrition and Health. First Technical Report. Nutrition Education Series, Issue 18.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1989
A new Unesco project seeks to increase the capacity of developing countries to strengthen primary school academic performance by improving children's nutrition and health status. The first technical meeting of the new project took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 1989. Three working groups were formed which focused on assessment, intervention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
The Impact of War on Child Health in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia. A Report of a Workshop (Trieste, Italy, March 27-30, 1994).
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1995
The wars that began in 1991 in the countries of the former Yugoslavia caused widespread child suffering. This workshop report presents the findings from the Workshop on the Impact of War on Child Health held for doctors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop's goal was to address the common interest in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children