AIDS PREVENTION GUIDE: THE FACTS ABOUT HIV INFECTION AND AIDS, by Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Curriculum","1994","Booklet tells how to talk to young people about HIV infection and AIDS, deciding what to say to younger children, and teenagers, how to join the community response, and where to go for further information. "

ARE YOU SAFE? A NATIONAL TEST ON CRIME PREVENTION, by National Crime Prevention Council. Video. 1990. Shown on CBS in 1990, this video heightens awareness of crime prevention and shows adults that they can do something about crime. A starting point for prevention-oriented discussions about community action.

AT HOME ALONE, by University Extension, University of Missouri / Lincoln University. Curriculum. A home-study course for families who care about their children at home alone. Four lessons: 1) Family Decision, 2) Families Talking It Over, 3) Establishing Rules, and 4) Safety Rules. All lessons include parent, child, and family activities that help with the transition to self-care.

BABY AND CHILD EMERGENCY FIRST AID HANDBOOK, by Mitchell Jo Enzig, M.D., Editor. Book. 1992. Well-illustrated step-by-step instructions for the most common childhood emergencies from age one to over eight years.

BABY PROOFING BASICS: HOW TO KEEP YOUR BABY SAFE, by Vicki Lansky. Book. 1991. Handbook for creating a safe environment. Simple, practical safety tips. Provides guidelines for purchasing safe juvenile equipment.

BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM: A PARENT'S PLANNING GUIDE, by Child Welfare League of America. Book. 1994. The guide is designed to be used by parents who are HIV positive or terminally ill and by professionals to gather information on the parent's background and family history. Discusses making a will and future placement for children, if needed.

BIRTH CONTROL MATTERS, by Pharmacia and Upjohn. Video. A frank discussion of contraceptive methods by men, women, a doctor, and Maureen McCormack (Brady Bunch). Also includes discussion of STD's and abstinence.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS: JUST FOR YOU! A GUIDE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY, by Gail Johnston Ellis, M.A.. Book. 1992. Written in 2 sections, one for siblings that can be read over again at different age levels, and one for grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc., to further their understanding of epilepsy.

CHILD OF MINE: FEEDING WITH LOVE AND GOOD SENSE, by Ellyn Satter. Book. 1991. A book about nutrition during pregnancy and through toddlerhood. Finding a middle ground between extreme concern and no concern in child's nutritional care.

CHOOSING A PEDIATRICIAN, by Early Childhood Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Audio. 1988. Questions and answers from the warmline about choosing a pediatrician, what to ask, how to explain the doctor visit to a child, and how to deal with doctors.

CONOCIENDO MAS SOBRE LA EPILEPSIA (UNDERSTANDING SEIZURE DISORDERS), from the Epilepsy Foundation of America. Video. 1989. This video, dubbed over with Spanish, explains basics about seizure disorders in children and adults. Closed-captioned.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING HIV-POSITIVE, by Amy Shire. Book. 1994. Discusses what being HIV positive means, legal rights, and taking care of oneself.

FAMILY AND CHILD ISSUES IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT, by First Tapes. Audio. Covers issues of diabetes management for families with members with diabetes.

FEEDING WITH LOVE AND GOOD SENSE (Interview), by Ellyn Satter. Audio. 1994. Audiotape and supplement can help parents feed children with care and avoid food-centered struggles that can affect the parent-child relationship for years to come.

THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN: CRITICAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Richard E. Behrman, M.D., Editor. Journal. 1994. Contents include: Violence and Today's Youth; The Changing American Family: Implications for Children's Health Insurance Coverage and the Use of Ambulatory Care Services; The Health of Latino Children in the United States; Public Policy Implications of HIV/AIDS in Adolescents; Involuntary Smoking and Children's Health; Beyond Benefits: The Importance of a Pediatric Standard in Private Insurance Contracts to Ensuring Health Care Access for Children; Race and Ethnicity-Changes for Children.

THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN: HEALTH CARE REFORM, Richard E. Behrman, M.D., Editor. Journal. 1993. Contents include: Health Care Reform: Recommendations and Analysis; Overview: Setting the Context for Reform; Ensuring Adequate Health Care Benefits for Children and Adolescents; Providing Primary Health Care to Children: Integrating Primary Care Services with Health Insurance Principles; Paying for Children's Medical Care: Is the Medicare Experience Helpful?; Managed Care for Children and Pregnant Women: Promises and Pitfalls; Guaranteed Coverage with Multiple Insurers: Closing Gaps and Easing Transitions; State Initiatives to Cover Uninsured Children; Who Bears the Burden?: The Distribution of Costs and Benefits; Public Opinion and Health Care Reform for Children; Why is Poverty Increasing Among Children?; Revisiting the Issues: Drug-Exposed Infants.

THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN: U.S. HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN, Richard E. Behrman, M.D., Editor. Journal. 1992. Contents include: Child and Adolescent Health Status Measures; Effectiveness of Health Care Services for Pregnant Women and Infants; Health Care Services for Children and Adolescents; Health Care Resources for Children and Pregnant Women; Expenditures on Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women; The Role of Private Health Insurance in Children's Health Care; The Role of Medicaid and Other Government Programs in Providing Medical Care for Children and Pregnant Women; Children Without Health Insurance; Nonfinancial Barriers to the Receipt of Medical Care; and Teenage Childbearing.

THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN: WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, Richard E. Behrman, M.D., Editor. Journal. 1999. This issue focuses on after-school programs and the growing awareness of the risks and potential that lie hidden in the time children spend outside school. Includes Executive Summary.

GROWTH AND FEEDING PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN, by Ellyn Satter, R.D., A.C.S.W. Audio. 1995. Guided self-study looks at the issues of what is a good eater, what are normal growth and weight, variations of growth and weight, over- and underweight children, and genetic influences.

HEALTHY HEAD START: A WORRY-FREE GUIDE TO FEEDING YOUNG CHILDREN, by Mary Abbott Hess, M.S., R.D., et al. Book. 1990. Instructs parents how to feed young children, ages 1-5 years, when they have outgrown baby food. Discusses nutrition, healthy snacks and meals, more. Includes 200 recipes.

HOW TO SAVE YOUR CHILD OR BABY: WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS. Video. 1993. Instructions for infant/child CPR, Heimlich maneuver, and choking rescue.

INJURY TO CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS: STATE-BY-STATE MORTALITY FACTS, by Susan P. Baker, Lois A. Fingerhut, Laura Higgins, Li-Hui Chen, and Elisa R. Braver. Book. Feb, 1996. This monograph is a response to requests for update regarding injuries to children and youth. It gives data for each state and comparisons between state for the years 1986-1992, by age, sex, cause, ethnicity and intent of injuries and deaths.

INSIDE / OUT: A WHOLE-PERSON EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO HEALTH AND SAFETY, by State Farm Insurance Company. Curriculum. 1993. Curriculum for health and safety, grades K-6. Video and curriculum activities take a whole-person approach to well-being and suggest ways to explore internal and external factors that influence our health.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS OF TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH EPILEPSY, by Eileen R. Kobrin, M.Ed. Book. 1991. A resource book giving an overview of medical aspects of seizure disorders and issues parents face in raising 14- to 21-year-olds with seizure disorders.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS: EXPLORING YOUR POSSIBILITIES: A GUIDE FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH EPILEPSY, by Eileen R. Kobrin. Book. 1992. A resource book for teens and young adults 14-21 years with epilepsy. Information, bibliography and appendices.

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL: CHANGING BODIES, GROWING UP, SEX AND SEXUAL HEALTH, by Robie H. Harris. Book. 1994. Written for children ages 10 and up. Provides real information young people need to know to make responsible decisions about puberty, conception, birth control and AIDS.

LATINO FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CURRICULUM SERIES: LA SEXUALIDAD: CURRICULUM UNIT, by Elizabeth Raptis Picco. Book. 1990. Curriculum for Latino students. Presents an introduction to sexuality. Considers sexuality a lifelong process that goes beyond sexual activity. This is the instructor’s manual. English.

LOS NIÑOS A SALVO DEL PELIGRO: COMO PROTEGER A SU HIJO ANTE EL PELIGRO, by Children's Hospital National Medical Center. Periodical. Written in Spanish to help parents protect their children from accidents and drugs with a letter from C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General.

MASTERING ASTHMA: A FAMILY'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING WITH CHILDHOOD ASTHMA, by American Academy of Pediatrics. Video. 1998. An entertaining and informative film for parents and children that takes viewers into the lives of three different families learning and about and living with childhood asthma.

MEALTIME MAGIC SERIES: MANAGING MEALTIME MENACES, MEALS FOR MUNCHKINS, START THE DAY OFF RIGHT/EATING BREAKFAST IS IMPORTANT, WHY DO WE EAT WHAT WE EAT?, by Carol E. Chandler, Joyce Fittro, and Joyce Coures. Curriculum. 1992. Each booklet deals with managing mealtime problems, nutrition, child development, recipes and food requirements for children 1-12 years.

MUNCHSTERS TALK ABOUT FOOD: PRESCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM, by National Livestock and Meat Board. Curriculum. 1989. Nutrition curriculum for preschool children. Materials include teacher's guide, reproducible parent handouts, posters. Suggested bibliography and suggestions for involving parents also included.

PARENTING IN THE 90'S: EATING RIGHT SEGMENT, by CNBC. Video. 1993.

PARENTS' HANDBOOK FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE: PART II, 6-18 YEARS, by Ann Earles R.N., Shellye Lessing, M.S., and Elliot Vichinsky , M.D. Book. 1993. Supports parents as partners in care and development of their children's illness and to help teens take responsibility for their care. Appendices and glossary.

PERFECTLY SAFE HOME: FOR PARENTS OF INFANTS O TO 7 YEARS OLD, by Jeanne Miller. Book. 1991. Practical advice for child safety indoors and on the road. Creating a safe bed- and bathroom, and kitchen, choosing and instructing a babysitter, eliminating household toxins and poisonous plants.

PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR THE HOSPITAL, by Early Childhood Center. Audio. 1988. Tips on preparing your child for a hospital stay.

PROBLEM EATERS. Saul L. Brown, M.D., Linda Diamond, M.S.W., and Helen Reid, M.S.W. Audio. 1988. Normal development and patterns of eating problems of toddlers.

THE SAFE CHILD BOOK: FOR CHILDREN FROM 3 TO 16, by Sherryll Kraizer, Ph.D. Book. 1985. How to teach children to protect themselves in any situation. It gives parents techniques for teaching children how to protect themselves without making them afraid. Based on workshops which have been in operation since 1969.

SAFE FROM THE START, from the I Am Your Child Foundation. Video. 2000. This video, hosted by Gloria Estafan, presents information for parents about car seats and car safety; feeding and food safety; sleep/bedtime; bath time/bathroom hazards; childproofing at home; toy safety; kitchen safety; safety outside the home; and gun safety. A 12-page booklet accompanies the video. English, also available in Spanish as Seguros desde el Inicio.

SEGUROS DESDE EL INICIO, from the I Am Your Child Foundation. Video. 2000. This video in Spanish, hosted by Andy Garcia, presents information for parents about car seats and car safety; feeding and food safety; sleep/bedtime; bath time/bathroom hazards; childproofing at home; toy safety; kitchen safety; safety outside the home; and gun safety. A 12-page booklet accompanies the video. Spanish, also available in English as Safe from the Start.

SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS, SECOND EDITION, by M. Freeman, M.D., Eileen P.G. Vining, M.D., and Diana J. Pillas. Book. 1990. This book provides information about the latest approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in childhood, including the use of the ketogenic diet as treatment for children who either do not respond to traditional drug therapy or who suffer intolerable side effects from medications. The authors also have included a chapter addressing the special needs chldren with epilepsy have regarding routine health care.

SHOW-ME HEALTHY HABITS: NUTRITION EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, by University Extension Area Food and Nutrition and Human Development Specialists. Curriculum. 1989. Introduces concepts of nutrition in child care and classroom setting. Information centers around three principles: 1) nutrients are inside foods, 2) nutrients perform specific functions in the body, and 3) behavior modification is effective in strengthening individual and family eating patterns.

SMOKE DETECTIVES: GRADES K-6, by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. Curriculum. 1990. Teaching classroom or group of children fire safety and prevention tools. Can be used to enhance basic learning skills while reinforcing the vital fire safety messages. Video shows 4 school-age children teaching a vampire the basics of fire safety.

SMOKE-FREE CHILD CARE, from Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts Health Research Institute.  Curriculum  1992.  Curriculum for home child care providers to encourage them to provide a smoke-free environment for the children in their care. Materials include “A Study Guide for Family Day care Providers,” in English and Spanish; a booklet describing smoke-free child care, in English and Spanish; and “Coqui Likes His Air Smoke-Free,” a coloring story and coloring book in English and Spanish.

TOOLS TO INVOLVE PARENTS IN GANG PREVENTION, by the National Crime Prevention Council Curriculum. 1992. Materials for parents with children ages 5-12. Reproducible materials to help communities with emerging gang problems to enlist parents' aid in discouraging individuals from joining them and gangs from gaining a foothold. Developed by NCPC, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Police Executive Research Forum.

YOUR CHILD WITH ARTHRITIS: A FAMILY GUIDE FOR CAREGIVING, by Lori B. Tucker, M.D., Bethany A. DeNardo, M.P.H., P.T., Judithe A. Stebulus, M. A., and Jane G. Schaller, M.D. Book. 1996. Provides detailed information for parents, family members, health care professionals, teachers and school administrators, and anyone concerned with the welfare of children with rheumatic diseases. Includes information about the major types of childhood arthritis, medications, selecting a doctor, working with teachers and administrators to reduce the impact of rheumatic illness in school, coping with the impact of illness on the family and suggests resources and organizations.

YOUR HEALTHY BABY, from the I Am Your Child Foundation. Video. 2000. This video, hosted by Phylicia Rashad, provides parents information on how to maintain good health during pregnancy; bottle-feeding versus breast-feeding; when parent and child should visit the doctor; what foods to feed a child and when; and the importance of exercise. A 12-page booklet accompanies the videotape. English, also available in Spanish as Su Bebe Saludable.