Health Education Literature for Parents of Handicapped Children FREE

Ivan Barry Pless, MD; Betty Satterwhite, MA

Received for publication Nov 12, 1970; accepted April 12, 1971.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 260 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14620 (Dr. Pless).

Am J Dis Child. 1971;122(3):206-211. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1971.02110030062004.

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The need for educating parents about the nature of a child's handicap is generally acknowledged. Numerous studies have documented the deficiencies in parent understanding, and several possible consequences of this shortcoming have been described. Many pediatricians, due to lack of both training and time, find they are less effective as health educators than they would like to be. Written materials as an adjunct to oral explanations are likely to prove of considerable benefit in many instances. This report offers the pediatrician a ready compilation of currently available health educational materials—116 items, grouped by category of disability, with complete addresses—suitable for parents and others involved in the care of handicapped children.

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Francis V, Korsch BM, Morris MJ: Gaps in doctor-patient communications: Patients' response to medical advice . New Eng J Med 280:535-540, 1969;.

Tagliacozzo DM, Kenji I: Knowledge of illness as a predictor of patient behavior . J Chronic Dis 22:765-775, 1970;.

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Korsch BM: Psychological principles: Pediatrician and sick child . Advances Pediat 10:11-73, 1958;.

Meadow KP: Parental response to medical ambiguities of congenital deafness . J Health Soc Behav 9:299-309, 1968;.

Wright BA: Physical Disability: A Psychological Approach . New York, Harper & Row, 1960;, pp 288-317.

Hessel SJ, Haggerty RJ: General pediatrics: A study of practice in the mid-1960's . J Pediat 73:271-279, 1968;.

Bergman AB, Dassel SW, Wedgwood RJ: Time-motion study of practicing pediatricians . Pediatrics 38:254-263, 1966;.

Korsch BM, Gozzi EK, Francis V: Gaps in doctor-patient communication: 1. Doctor-patient interaction and patient satisfaction . Pediatrics 42:855-871, 1968;.

Pless IB, Satterwhite B: Chronic illness in childhood: II. The use of lay persons as family counselors. Read before the Canadian Pediatric Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1970.

Wylie HL, McWilliams BJ: Mental health aspects of cleft palate: A review of literature intended for parents . ASHA 8:31-34, 1966;.

Hodes HL, Siffert RS: A Coordinated Program for Out-Patient Care of Handicapped Children . New York, Health Research Council of the City of New York, 1967;, pp 63-66.

Barsch RH: The Parent of the Handicapped Child: The Study of Child Rearing Practices . Springfield Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1968;.

Brooks MS, Rennie DL, Sondag RF: Reaction of mothers to literature on child rearing . Amer J Public Health 54:803-811, 1964;.

King SH: Perceptions of Illness and Medical Practice . New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1962;, pp 120-130.

Pratt L, Seligmann A, Reader C: Physicians' views on the level of medical information among patients , in Jaco EG(ed): Patients, Physicians and Illness . New York, Free Press of Glencoe, Macmillan Co, 1963;, pp 222-228.

Kennell JH, Soroker E, Thomas P: et al: What parents of rheumatic fever patients don't understand about the disease and its prophylactic management . Pediatrics 43:160-167, 1969;.

Green M: The clinicians' art: Some questions for our time . Pediatrics 43:157-159, 1969;.

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