National Center for Health Marketing (U.S.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
11) A need to know
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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.
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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.
19) Tricky treats
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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.
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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.