Children's health, the nation's wealth : assessing and improving child health / Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Health and hygiene--United States.

Children.

Child health services--United States.

Child health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Children's Health: A New Conceptual Framework

3 Influences on Children's Health

4 Measuring Children's Health

5 Measuring Influences on Children's Health

6 Developing State and Local Data Systems

7 Conclusions and Recommendations

References

Appendixes

Appendix A Datasets for Measuring Children's Health and Influences on Children's Health

Appendix B Gaps Analysis of Measures of Children's Health and Influences on Children's Health in Select National Surveys

Appendix C Selected Indicators from National Children's Data Syntheses

Appendix D Glossary

Appendix E Acronyms

Appendix F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610176588

9780309166607

0309166608

9781280176586

128017658X

9780309533324

0309533325

OCLC:

70773740