National Center for Health Marketing (U.S.)
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Provides a description of CDC's Web-accessible, interactive tool that integrates health, environmental hazard, and exposure data and information from various jurisdictions throughout the country, available at http://www.cdc.gov/ephtracking.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Covers the severity of the threat of, and symptoms associated with, carbon monoxide poisoning, and explains preventive actions for the home. Addresses proper use of generators, ventilation systems, and CO detectors.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Explains teens' vulnerabilities to dating abuse, and describes tell-tale behaviors of teen abusers and teen victims. Addresses parents' role in recognizing associated warning signs. Provides guidelines to parents for communicating with teens to support healthy relationships and for monitoring teens' behavior to ensure their safety.
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Describes the problem of misuse of antibiotics, and parents' role in discerning the nature of children's symptoms and ensuring their proper treatment. Provides recommendations for non-prescription treatments for such common ailments as ear infections and sore throats, and referrals to CDC online resources.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the components of safe, healthy homes in which illnesses, accidents, and injuries are prevented. Covers home pollution, fire prevention, the rudiments of cleanliness, and detection of dangerous gases.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Promotes community water fluoridation as an inexpensive remedy to poor oral health. Covers social and economic consequences of poor oral health, particularly in children, and the incidence of dental problems in Arkansas based upon access, or lack thereof, to fluoridated water supplies.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents accounts of parents whose children have died from influenza, or flu. Covers victims' and families' experiences with flu's onset, symptoms, and progress. Emphasizes CDC's recommendation that children aged 6-months to 18-years receive a flu vaccination every year.
10) A need to know
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reports on the atypically high incidence of HIV-positive status among African-American gay and bisexual men. Provides specific recommendations for HIV testing for populations of varying criteria. Also provides information about the types and timing of HIV tests.
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A discussion of the importance of vaccinations for young children that addresses side effects, number, and schedule of vaccines. Features explanations of CDC pediatrician Jeanne Santoli, M.D, M.P.H., and Thomas E. Calk, MD, FAAP, Children's Medical Group.
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Describes the objectives of the National Center's on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities public awareness campaign to educate parents about developmental milestones, developmental delays, and developmental disabilities in young children. Covers specific, age-appropriate milestones for children's play, learning, speaking, and acting for 8-month-, 18-month-, and 24-month-olds. Recommends kinds of contacts for early intervention.
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview by a parent of the developmental challenges and behaviors of a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. Covers specialists and interventions that might be sought for support, and provides referrals to CDC online resources.
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Describes the evolution of the scope and methods of health-related emergency preparedness communications in the U.S., and today's state-of-the-art services provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Describes the activities abroad of CDC's Special Pathogens Branch in response to high-hazard viruses such as those that have affected Ugandans since the mid-twentieth century. Features comments by CDC staff stationed abroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This animated version of a children's story explains how Native American children can engage in various kinds of physical activities to keep healthy and to prevent disease, especially diabetes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This animated version of a children's story encourages Native American children to select a variety of fruits and vegetables from the garden to eat daily. Suggests substitutions of healthy foods for less-healthy foods in order to increase health and prevent disease.
20) Tricky treats
Author
Series
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This animated version of a children's story teaches Native American children to distinguish between "everyday" and "sometimes" snacks to increase health and to prevent disease, especially diabetes.