Child Health for All

by Kibel, Maurice; Saloojee, Haroon; Westwood, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780195764956
• ISBN10: 0195764951
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Child Health for All is a comprehensive manual addressing clinical, family, community, and health system aspects of child health aimed at health science students which includes medical, nursing, and allied disciplines. The focus is more specifically on paediatrics and child health within acommunity health approach.

Table of Contents

Child Health - The Big Picture
Child health in context	p. 2
The global context: international child health	p. 6
Children's rights and health	p. 14
Determinants of Child Health
Poverty, social inequality, and child health	p. 22
Environmental influences on child health	p. 31
Psychosocial factors in child health	p. 39
The Normal Child
Physical growth in childhood and adolescence	p. 48
Neurodevelopment	p. 59
Psychosocial development	p. 67
Common functional problems	p. 73
Keeping Children Healthy
Child health promotion	p. 82
Adolescent health promotion	p. 89
Child health advocacy	p. 96
Growth of monitoring	p. 106
Infant and child nutrition	p. 112
Immunisation	p. 125
Oral health	p. 137
Health surveillance	p. 144
Making healthy adults	p. 151
Policy in Child Health
Child health policy	p. 160
Children and legislation in South Africa	p. 166
Human resources for child health services	p. 180
Training for Child Health
Training and retention of professional child health workers	p. 190
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)	p. 196
Continuing education and training of nurses	p. 203
Services for Children
Levels of health care with special reference to children	p. 208
Perinatal services	p. 218
Medical genetic services for the care and prevention of birth defects	p. 225
School and creche health	p. 236
Health services for adolescents	p. 244
Mental health services for children and adolescents	p. 251
Support for children: social services and social security	p. 258
The role of the district medical officer working in child health	p. 266
The allied health care team	p. 272
Nursing care	p. 281
Community-based child care	p. 288
Access to health care services for children	p. 297
Priority Diseases in Children
Mortality, burden of disease, and cost-effectiveness of interventions	p. 306
Neonatal disorders	p. 317
HIV infection	p. 329
Acute respiratory infections	p. 339
Diarrhoeal disease	p. 347
Vaccine-preventable diseases	p. 359
Malnutrition	p. 370
Childhood injuries	p. 384
Malaria	p. 391
Tuberculosis	p. 398
Childhood asthma	p. 406
Psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence	p. 418
Parasitic infection of the gut	p. 428
Cot death	p. 438
Vulnerable Children
Children in difficult circumstances	p. 446
The abused child	p. 455
Orphans and vulnerable children	p. 467
The child with a disability	p. 475
The child with a long-term health condition	p. 482
Ethics in Child Health
Ethical issues in child health	p. 490
Death, dying, and palliative care	p. 496
Consent and competence in paediatrics	p. 503
Measuring Child Health
Basic epidemiology	p. 510
Child health indicators	p. 523
Audit of child health services	p. 533
Evidence-based paediatric practice	p. 541
Index	p. 548
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