
Growing Up In Britain
Ensuring a Healthy Future for our Children
Veronica English(Author)
BMJ Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7279-1433-0 (ISBN)
Description
This report, brought together in book form, should have a nationwide impact. It will focus on the early years of life (0-5) and examine the socio-economic factors that influence current child health and development, and discuss the efficacy of certain interventions to reduce inequalities. Underlying themes are: nutrition, injuries and abuse, disabilities, and emotional and behavioral problems. The aim is to raise the profile of child health and place it high on the national policy making agenda.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
348 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7279-1433-0 (9780727914330)
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Person
Veronica English is the author of Growing Up In Britain: Ensuring a Healthy Future for our Children, published by Wiley.
Content
1 Introduction. 2 Children in the uk today.
3 Inequalities in child health.
4 Nutrition.
5 Accidents and abuse.
6 The impact of disability and inequality on children.
7 Emotional and behavioural problems of children.
8 Fetal origins of adult disease.
9 Ensuring a healthy future for our children.
Appendices.
Index
3 Inequalities in child health.
4 Nutrition.
5 Accidents and abuse.
6 The impact of disability and inequality on children.
7 Emotional and behavioural problems of children.
8 Fetal origins of adult disease.
9 Ensuring a healthy future for our children.
Appendices.
Index