Child Health for All takes a broad approach to child health, looking at the variety of factors affecting a childs well-being in the context of a developing country, more particularly South Africa. Child Health for All includes policies regarding community and child health issues, on childrens legislation and government social assistance. Information boxes and pull quotes highlight important criteria and take-home points for students, while end-of-chapter summary point boxes assist student revision. The fifth edition features an increased focus on the southern African context and is updated with the latest developments in the field of paediatrics.
Section 1: Child Health: the big picture; Child health in context; The global context: international child health; Childrens rights and health; Section 2: Determinants of child health; Poverty, social inequity and child health; Environmental influences on child health; Psychological factors in child health; Section 3: The normal child; Physical growth in childhood and adolescence; Neurodevelopment; Psychosocial development; Common functional problems; Section 4: Keeping children healthy; Child health promotion; Adolescent child health promotion; Child health advocacy; Growth monitoring; Infant and child nutrition; Immunisation; Oral health; Health surveillance; Making healthy adults; Section 5: Policy in child health; Child health policy; Children and legislation South Africa; Human resources for child health services; Section 6: Training for child health; Training and retention of professional child health workers; Integrated management of childhood illness; Continuing education and training of nurses; Section 7: Services for children; Levels of health care with special reference to children; Perinatal services; Medical genetic services for the care and prevention of birth defects; School and cr?che health; Health services for adolescents; Mental health services for children and adolescents; Support for children: social services and social security; The role of the district medical officer working in child health; The allied health care team; Nursing care; Community-based child care; Access to health care services for children; Section 8: Priority diseases in children; Mortality, burden of disease, and cost-effectiveness of interventions; Neonatal disorders; HIV infection; Acute respiratory infections; Diarrhoeal disease; Vaccine-preventable disease; Malnutrition; Childhood injuries; Malaria; Tuberculosis; Childhood asthma; Psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence; Parasitic infections of the gut; Cot death; Section 9: Vulnerable children; Children in difficult circumstances; The abused child; Orphans and vulnerable children; The child with a disability; The child with a long-term health condition; Section 10: Ethics in child health; Ethical issues in child health; Death, dying and palliative care; Consent and competence in paediatrics; Section 11: Measuring child health; Basic epidemiology; Child health indicators; Audit of child health services; Evidence-based paediatric practice;
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