Health and Wellbeing for Babies and Children - Contemporary Issues

This evidence-based text explores children's health and wellbeing from birth to adolescence, taking into account the familial, cultural, social, economic, environmental and global contexts of their lives.

List of contents

Part I: Setting the Scene for Understanding the Complex Factors that Affect Child Health.  1.Introduction to health and wellbeing for babies and children - contemporary issues.  2.Influences Affecting and Impacting on the Health and Wellbeing of Children.  3.Ante-natal care, Screening and Child Health Surveillance.  Part II: preventative steps that can be taken to improve the health and wellbeing of children.  4.Child and Adolescent Health promotion.  5.Keeping children and adolescents safe.  Part III: Supporting Children with Health Conditions.  6.Communicable, infectious and parasitic conditions.  7.Children's mental health and wellbeing.  8.Chronic health conditions.  9.Nutrition and oral health.  10.Caring for children's health and well being.  11.Summary and concluding thoughts.

About the author

Jackie Musgrave is Associate Head of School, with responsibility for Learning and Teaching, and is part of the Early Childhood team at the Open University, UK.

Summary

This evidence-based text explores children’s health and wellbeing from birth to adolescence, taking into account the familial, cultural, social, economic, environmental and global contexts of their lives.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Musgrave, Jackie (Open University Musgrave, Musgrave Jackie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032186245
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218624-5
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pediatric & Neonatal, Social Work, Public health & preventive medicine, Age groups: children, Public health and preventive medicine