Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abnormalities, Human
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Treatment of Infants Born with Handicapping Conditions
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abnormalities, Human
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Preterm Birth
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030910159X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 791
Book Description
The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions. Preterm birth is a cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence. Its causes may include individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics, environmental exposure, medical conditions, infertility treatments, and biological factors. Many of these factors co-occur, particularly in those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. While advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival for preterm infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk than infants born at term for developmental disabilities, health problems, and poor growth. The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for public-sector services, such as health insurance, educational, and other social support systems. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers.
Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170931
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Brain disordersâ€"neurological, psychiatric, and developmentalâ€"now affect at least 250 million people in the developing world, and this number is expected to rise as life expectancy increases. Yet public and private health systems in developing countries have paid relatively little attention to brain disorders. The negative attitudes, prejudice, and stigma that often surround many of these disorders have contributed to this neglect. Lacking proper diagnosis and treatment, millions of individual lives are lost to disability and death. Such conditions exact both personal and economic costs on families, communities, and nations. The report describes the causes and risk factors associated with brain disorders. It focuses on six representative brain disorders that are prevalent in developing countries: developmental disabilities, epilepsy, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and stroke. The report makes detailed recommendations of ways to reduce the toll exacted by these six disorders. In broader strokes, the report also proposes six major strategies toward reducing the overall burden of brain disorders in the developing world.
State Laws and Regulations on Genetic Disorders
Author: Children and Health Care
Author: L.M. KopelmanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0585274061
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Before a separate Department of Medical Humanities was formed, the editors of this volume were faculty members of the Department of Pediatrics at our medical school. Colleagues daily spoke of the moral and social problems of children's health care. Our offices were near the examining rooms where children had their bone-marrow procedures done. Since this is a painful test, we often heard them cry. The hospital floor where the sickest children stayed was also nearby. The physicians, nurses, and social workers believed that children's health care needs were not being met and that more could and should be done. Fewer resources are available for a child than for an adult with a comparable illness, they said. These experiences prompted us to prepare this volume and to ask whether children do get their fair share of the health care dollar. Since the question "What kind of health care do we owe to our children?" is complex, responses should be rooted in many disciplines. These include philosophy, law, public policy and, of course, the health professions. Representing all of these disciplines, contributors to this volume reflect on moral and social issues in children's health care. The last hundred years have brought great changes in health care tor children. The specialty of pediatrics developed during this period, and with it, a new group of advocates for children's health care. Women's suffrage gave a political boost to the recognition of children's special health needs.
Children and Youth in America, 1933-1973
Author: Robert Hamlett BremnerPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674116139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
The concluding volumes present forty years of tumultuous history. Now completed, they constitute an indispensable reference and absorbing chronicle of American social history.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
White House Conference on Children--child Development Recommendations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Education and Training of the Handicapped
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the HandicappedPublisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Author: