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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

Published
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Introduction -- Children's Health: A New Conceptual Framework -- Influences on Children's Health -- Measuring Children's Health -- Measuring Influences on Children's Health -- Developing State and Local Data Systems -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
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. "Little Things Count 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 expandthe knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come
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ISBN
0309533325 (electronic bk.)
9780309533324 (electronic bk.)
0309091187 (hardback)
9780309091183 (hardback)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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