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			Active and passive surveillance for communicable diseases in child care facilities, Seattle-King Country, Washington MacDonald, Jean K., 1997 American Journal of Public Health, 87(12), 1951-1955 A summary of active and passive public health surveillance activities for children under six years of age in out-of-home child care settings in Seattle-King County, Washington	Reports & Papers
			The affective bond between preschool aged children and mentors Moffatt, Michael J., 1997 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New School University, New York A study on the effects of mentoring relationships on preschool age children�s behavior within the context of Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			Barriers to addressing family mediators of literacy, employability, and substance abuse: How Head Start programs collaborate to meet their families' needs DeSantis, James P., 1997 NHSA Research Quarterly, 1(2), 32-43 An analysis of data collected from a national survey, examining the barriers to helping Head Start families receive services and the success of collaborations between Head Start and service providers in meeting family needs	Reports & Papers
			The characteristics of early childhood education in Korea Lee, Guang-lea, 1997 International Journal of Early Childhood, 29(2), 44-50 An overview of Korea's early childhood education system, including a description of the kindergarten program, teacher training, curriculum, and characteristics of program participants and their families	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996 Maxwell, Kelly, 1997 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality	Reports & Papers
			Cognitive consequences of participation in a Fifth Dimension after-school computer club Mayer, Richard E., 1997 Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(4), 353-369 A journal article on the cognitive outcomes of participation in an after-school computer club for elementary school students based on the Fifth Dimension model	Reports & Papers
			Contexts of early intervention: Systems and settings Thurman, S. Kenneth, 1997 Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing A collection of discussions that examine early intervention through the context of systems (e.g., culture, family) and settings (e.g., hospitals, public schools, preschools, family child care) to determine how these contexts are interrelated.	Other
			Developing after-school programs for youth in high-risk environments Witt, Peter A., 1997 College Station: Texas A & M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences. A discussion of the need for quality after-school programs, with an emphasis on programs that incorporate prevention and intervention curricula	Other
			Early intervention and mediating processes in cognitive performance of children of low-income African American families Burchinal, Margaret, 1997 Child Development, 68(5), 935-954 A longitudinal study of the importance of the relationship among better cognitive performance, early intervention child care and responsive stimulating family care on low income African American children	Reports & Papers
			Early intervention for young children with developmental delays: The Portage approach Cameron, R. J. (Robert J.), 1997 Child: Care, Health and Development, 23(1), 11-27 An overview of the Portage Home Teaching Scheme, a home visiting intervention program for young children with special needs, and a review of research assessing the success of its implementation in the United Kingdom	Reports & Papers
			The effectiveness of comprehensive case management interventions: Findings from the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program St. Pierre, Robert G., 1997 Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. An evaluation of case management interventions, using as the case study the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP)	Reports & Papers
			The effect of school-age child care on stress and resiliency Waksman, Janet Seigel, 1997 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston A study of the relationship between school-age children�s after school child care and stress in children through analyzing life events stress, type of after-school child care, time in child care, and outcome measures of externalizing behavior, anxiety, and depression; questionnaires were completed by 206 first through fourth graders and their parents	Reports & Papers
			The effects of Head Start: What do we know? Kresh, Esther, 1997 NHSA Research Quarterly, 1(4), 112-123 An overview of the effects of Head Start programs on children and families, briefly discussing the strategies used to measure outcomes and success rates	Other
			Effects of participation in the Fifth Dimension on far transfer Blanton, William, 1997 Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(4), 371-396 A study of the transfer of skills gained from participation in the Fifth Dimension, an after-school computer club for elementary school students, to reading and math achievement	Reports & Papers
			The effects of Smart Start on the quality of preschool child care Bryant, Donna M., 1997 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. A study of the effects of a broad-based community initiative, Smart Start, to improve the quality of preschool child care between 1994 and 1996	Reports & Papers
			Employment of parents receiving subsidized child care in Dade County, Florida Griesinger, Harriet, 1997 (Wellesley College Working Paper 98-03). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics A study of employment patterns for low income workers receiving subsidized child care from the Work and Gain Economic Self sufficiency (WAGES) program in Dade County, Florida	Reports & Papers
			Enhancing the quality of early childhood education: A follow-up evaluation of an experiential, collaborative training model for head start Fantuzzo, John W., 1997 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(4), 425-437 A randomized study evaluating a revised training model for Head Start teachers and parents designed to enhance parent involvement and parent and teacher effectiveness	Reports & Papers
			Evaluating early childhood programs: The British experience Bertram, Tony, 1997 In B. Spodek & O.N. Saracho (Eds.), Issues in early childhood educational assessment and evaluation (Vol. 7, pp. 69-91). New York: Teachers College Press. An exploration of early childhood programs in the United Kingdom, and a discussion of the need to evaluate their quality	Other
			Families & the North Carolina Smart Start Initiative Lowman, Betsy, 1997 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. An examination of the characteristics, child care arrangements, family activities, and need and use of community services for Smart Start participating families, based on interviews with 356 randomly selected families	Reports & Papers
			Family empowerment: One outcome of cooperative preschool education Dunlap, Katherine M., 1997 Child Welfare, 76(4), 501-518 A review of a naturalistic study examining a cooperative preschool program's effect on parents as well as young children, focusing on family empowerment as one specific outcome of program participation	Reports & Papers
			Focus University of Wisconsin--Madison. Institute for Research on Poverty, 1997 Focus, 19(1) A newsletter containing articles on issues surrounding the outcomes of early childhood intervention, focusing particularly on long-term outcomes for at-risk children	Other
			Follow-up study of families in the Even Start in-depth study: Final report United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 1997 Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. A follow-up study of participants in the Even Start in-depth study to determine the impact of Even Start participation on early school performance and success, based on a sample of 128 children from five project sites	Reports & Papers
			Head Start and museums: Status and opportunity: A report on a national survey to investigate a new role for museums in school readiness Wiener, Louise W., 1997 NHSA Research Quarterly, 1(1), 187-203 A survey-based assessment of the ways that museums are being utilized for Head Start Programs, and the attitudes of museum and Head Start professionals toward the programs' impact on school readiness	Reports & Papers
			Head Start and social work Frankel, Arthur, 1997 Families in Society, 78(2), 172-184 A discussion of the Head Program and the lack of social workers in the program, including reasons for this occurrence and recommendations for its rectification, as well as discussion of the history of Head Start and its current operation, particularly the program�s social service component	Reports & Papers
			Head Start and social work: A question of quality Zigler, Edward F., 1997 Families in Society, 78(2), 177 A discussion of the social worker�s role in the Head Start program, including discussion on the lack of social workers in the program	Other

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