Global child health : a toolkit to address health disparities /: a toolkit to address health disparities. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Krishnan Subrahmanian, Padma Swamy.
• Authors: Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: What Is Global Health?; Various Domains of Global Health; International Health; Tropical Medicine; Travel Medicine; Public Health and Disease Prevention; Care for Immigrant Children or Refugee Children; Practicing Medicine in Resource Limited Settings; A Shifting Landscape; Synthesis of the Domains Resulting in a Definition; Global Child Health; References; Chapter 2: The Current State of Global Child Health and Disparities; The Impact of Globalization on Global Health; Causes and Epidemiological Trends of Infant and Child Mortality. Recognize Major Underlying Socioeconomic and Political Determinants of Infant/Child HealthPreventative Measures for Reducing Under 5 Mortality; Future Directions; References; Chapter 3: Global Health Disparities in High-ƯResource Settings; Drivers of Inequality in Healthcare; Income, Wealth, Poverty and Health; Mechanism of Poverty Affecting Health; Race and Ethnicity; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the UK and Europe; Racial Disparity in the United States; African Americans; Asian America and Pacific Islanders; Latinos; Indigenous People Around the World. How Does Race Contribute to Health Disparity?Access to Regular Care; Education; Culture; Racism; Remediation Efforts; Geography; Rural Areas; Immigration/Migration Status; Health in the New Country; Gender, and Sexuality; References; Chapter 4: Pathologies Disproportionately Affecting the Underserved; Who Is Affected?; The Pathologies and Why Vulnerable Children Are Affected; Infectious Disease; WHO Guidelines for Assessment of Dehydration; Malnutrition; Health Impacts of Undernutrition; Systemic Causes of Undernutrition; Noncommunicable Diseases; References. Chapter 5: Policy and Advocacy FrameworkWhat Is Policy?; Policies That Have Improved Child Health; International; National; Institutional/Organizational; Policies That Have Been Detrimental to Child Health; International; National; Local; What Is Advocacy?; International Advocacy; Legislative Advocacy; Media Advocacy; Organizational Advocacy; Toolkits to Begin with Advocacy; References; Chapter 6: An Advocate's Well-Child Check; General Primary Care Screening Practice; Prenatal Care; Perinatal Infection; Group B Streptococcal Infection; HIV; Hepatitis B; Chlamydia Trachomatis. Neisseria GonorrheaHerpes Simplex; Congenital Syphilis (CS); Screening for Social Determinants of Health; Home Visiting Programs; The We Care Instrument; Food Security; Intimate Partner Violence; Insurance and Access; Environmental Health; HEADSSS Assessment; Measurements to Be Collected During a Check Up; Growth and Nutrition; References; Appendix A: WHO Recommended Immunization Schedule; Appendix B: WHO and CDC Growth Charts; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 613.0432; Medicine; Children -- Health and hygiene; Child health services; Children -- Diseases; Child welfare; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Maternal and Child Health; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Child health services; Child welfare; Children -- Diseases; Children -- Health and hygiene; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Medical -- Pediatrics; Medical -- Epidemiology; Social issues & processes; Paediatric medicine; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Maternal and infant welfare; Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Medical -- Nursing -- Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health; Materno-fetal medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319751368; 3319751360
• Related ISBNs: 9783319751351; 3319751352
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 04, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.