Research Catalog

Title

Social paediatrics / edited by Bengt Lindström and Nick Spencer.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Lindström, Bengt.
• Spencer, Nick.

Description

xiv, 614 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subjects

• Child health services
• Pediatrics > Social aspects
• Child health services > Europe
• Child Welfare
• Child Health Services
• Europe
• Children > Health and hygiene > Social aspects > Europe
• Social Medicine
• Pediatrics > Social aspects > Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. What is social paediatrics and where does it come from? / Michel Manciaux -- 2. Child health as a public health issue / Lennart Kohler and Keith Barnard -- 3. Social paediatrics in Europe / Nick Spencer, Bengt Lindstrom and Concha Colomer -- 4. For the best interest of the child - the UN Convention on the rights of the child / Bengt Lindstrom -- 5. The situation of children in developing countries / Oriol Vall and Oscar Garcia -- 6. Demographic trends in pregnancy and birth-weight / Jitka Rychtarikova -- 7. Demographic trends in families in Europe - with particular reference to Poland / Aldona Sito -- 8. Trends in childhood mortality and morbidity / Roy A. Carr-Hill -- 9. Children and war / Tytti Solantaus -- 10. Children and HIV infection / Marie-Louise Newell and Catherine Peckham -- 11. Pollution and child health / Sheena Nakou --
• 12. National inequalities in accident mortality among children and adolescents in the European countries / Bjarne Jansson and Leif Svanstrom -- 13. Historical perspectives on childhood / Chris Jenks -- 14. Growth and development / Jean-Claude Vuille and Claes Sundelin -- 15. Risk and risk-taking in adolescents / Vivien Igra and Charles E. Irwin, Jr. -- 16. The new iatrogenesis / Ulla Fasting -- 17. Suboptimal nutrition / Ann Aukett and Brian Wharton -- 18. Unexpected death in infancy / Elizabeth Taylor -- 19. Child abuse and neglect / Stella Tsitoura -- 20. Young children with special needs / Agnes Lanyi Engelmayer -- 21. Adolescents and young people with special needs / Robert Wm. Blum, Joan-Carles Suris and Joan Patterson -- 22. Children in poverty / Nick Spencer and Hilary Graham -- 23. Low birth-weight infants / Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick -- 24. Children and families in distress: The case of family breakdown / Bengt Lindstrom and Lennart Kohler --
• 25. Immigrant and ethnic minority children / John Black -- 26. Risk and resilience processes in childhood and adolescence / Ian M. Goodyer -- 27. Planning and managing child health services / Louis Martin Alvarez and Joaquin Uris Selles -- 28. Intersectoral approaches to promoting health and children / Bob Chamberlin and Barbara Wallace -- 29. Outcome and performance measures in child health / Aidan Macfarlane -- 30. Implementing immunization programmes / Stuart Logan and Helen Bedford -- 31. Child health promotion / Concha Colomer -- 32. Can we create a more optimal hospital environment? / Berlith Persson -- 33. Partnership with parents / Nick Spencer -- 34. Community diagnosis and participation / Jon Cook, Michel Pechevis and Tony Waterston -- 35. Measuring and improving quality of life for children / Bengt Lindstrom.

ISBN

0192621793

LCCN

94010536

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries