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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blair, Mitch
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Child Health Services.
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Child health in the UK
  • ch. 2. Child health - the global context
  • ch. 3. Child public health - lessons from the past
  • ch. 4. Key concepts and definitions
  • Health and disease
  • Health promotion
  • Epidemiological concepts : causality and risk
  • Populations
  • Measuring poverty and social disadvantage
  • Disease prevention
  • ch. 5. Child health and adult health
  • History revisited
  • Different research paradigms
  • The evidence base for biological programming
  • The evidence base for the impact of socio-economic circumstances
  • The evidence base for early care and nurture
  • Bringing it all together
  • ch. 6. Techniques and resources for child public health practice
  • Community diagnoses
  • Evidence and evaluation
  • Data sources
  • Using child public health techniques - some practical examples