Author: United States. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Better Health for Our Children: Analysis and recommendations for selected federal programs
Author: United States. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Better Health for Our Children: Analysis and recommendations for selected federal programs
Author: United States. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166608
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and accidental causes, improved access to health care, and reduction in the effects of environmental contaminants such as lead. Yet major questions still remain about how to assess the status of children's health, what factors should be monitored, and the appropriate measurement tools that should be used. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health provides a detailed examination of the information about children's health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to improve children's health-and, thus, the health of future generations-it is critical to have data that can be used to assess both current conditions and possible future threats to children's health. This compelling book describes what is known about the health of children and what is needed to expand the knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come.
America's Children
Author: Institute of Medicine and National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309065607
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.
Community Nutrition
Author: NnakwePublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284108325
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Community Nutrition: Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Third Edition provides students with the knowledge, skills, tools, and evidence-based approaches they need to assess, implement, and evaluate community-based nutrition interventions that promote health and prevent diseases.
Community Nutrition
Author: Nweze NnakwePublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284148599
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Community Nutrition: Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Third Edition provides students with the knowledge, skills, tools, and evidence-based approaches they need to assess, implement, and evaluate community-based nutrition interventions that promote health and prevent diseases.
Better Health for Our Children: Major findings and recommendations
Author: United States. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child health services
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Facts at Your Fingertips
Author: Resources in Education
Author: Better Health for Our Children
Author: United States. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Abstract: A 1981 expert report to the US Congress and the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services of a major study to develop strategies for improved child health is presented in 4 volumes. Volume 1 summarizes the major findings and recommendations; Volume 2 outlines the analysis and recommendations for selected federal programs (Title V of the Social Security Act; Medicare and EPSDT; WIC program; the Handicapped Children Education Act; community health pr ograms; and major federal maternal and child health programs); Volume 3 presents a statistical profile of the most compr ehensive compilation of data on child health in the US to date; Volume 4, Part 1 comprises a set of commissioned papers prepared for working groups of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health concerning health care and health poli cy toward childrenand pregnant women; and Volume 4, Part 2 presents a detailed comprehensive description regarding the f inancing and organization of federal health care services. The recommendations of the overall report reflect a realistic analysis of serious unmet needs in child and maternal health, a recognition of past sucesses and future challenges for meeting these needs, a detailed consideration of the weaknesses and strengths of current federal programs and policies, and a pragmatic assessment of the capacity of the US to provide parents and health care professionals the scientific, fi nancial, and organizational support required to improve child health. The total report covers 1839 pages.