Poverty and Child Health

ISBN-13: 9781857754773 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 367 str.

Nick Spencer

Opis

This new updated and expanded edition challenges many widely held views on the links between poverty and child health. It brings together new evidence, both historical and current, and considers the practical implications for health and social policy, outlining innovative approaches to future development. Poverty and Child Health is vital reading for paediatricians and child health workers, doctors and health service managers, social service professionals, social scientists and everyone with an interest in shaping health and social policy.

Spis treści

Part One: Definition and Measurement 1. Defining and Measuring Poverty 2. The Extent of Child Poverty 3. Measuring Child Health Part Two: Evidence of Child Health Inequalities 4. Historical Evidence Linking Poverty and Child Health in Developed Countries 5. Poverty and Child Health in Less Developed Countries 6. Poverty and Child Health in Developed Countries Part Three: The Causal Debate 7. “Race”, Ethnicity, Poverty and Child Health 8. The Causal Debate 9. Mechanisms, Causal Models and Pathways Part Four: Social and Health Policy Implications 10. Social Policy Implications 11. Innovative Health Service Approaches and Future Research Directions 12. Conclusions

O autorze

Nick Spencer