Child Health Day Resources
This guide highlights selected resources from the the Maternal and Child Health Library related to the ten health promotion themes that form the organization of Child Health Day (October 1, 2007). Also included are links to historical Child Health Day publications from the U.S. Children's Bureau and to Bright Futures Programs.

Maternal and Child Health History
This resource highlights documents and reports in the Maternal and Child Health Library that are related to the history of maternal and child health in the United States and health services for children and families. It includes links to federal MCH legislation, regulations, Title V program guidance, and to other history collections.

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.

Nutrition: Children and Adolescents
This electronic guide presents resources that analyze data, describe public health campaigns and other promotion programs, and report on research aimed at identifying promising strategies for improving nutrition and eating behaviors within families, schools, and communities. A separate section lists nutrition resources for families. The final part of the knowledge path presents resources on specific aspects of child and adolescent nutrition: child care and early childhood education, food safety, food marketing to children, food security and nutrition assistance programs, and school-based nutrition education and food services.

Oral Health and Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents This electronic resource guide points to resources that analyze data, describe programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and the quality of oral health care. Separate sections identify resources on specific aspects of oral health including child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, and school-based care. A separate section lists oral health resources for consumers.

Preconception and Pregnancy
This electronic guide presents resources that analyze perinatal health statistics, describe effective prenatal care programs, and report on research aimed at improving access to and quality of prenatal care and improving perinatal health outcomes. Separate sections list consumer health resources and resources on specific aspects of preconception and pregnancy: childbirth, depression, drug and alcohol use, environmental concerns, fertility and infertility, nutrition, oral health, and tobacco use.

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.

The MCH Library receives electronic copies of MCHB Projects final reports. They are cataloged into MCHLine^® and posted on the Final Reports page.

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.

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.

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