Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health - Softcover

Kotch, Jonathan B.

 
9780763731717: Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0763731714 ISBN 13: 9780763731717
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2005

Synopsis

This outstanding introductory text provides an overview of the issues and extent of maternal and child health services. This thorough revision covers important new topics such as the epidemic of obesity, the consequences of the implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), efforts to reduce mother-tochild transmission of AIDS, new immunizations for child safety improvements, and more.

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Synopsis

In this update of the 1998 edition, US specialists contribute to meeting the challenges issued by the Institute of Medicine (2002) to improve training in schools of public health and take an ecological approach, and that of the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) to improve reproductive health. Thus Kotch (U. of Nor

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Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0763731714
ISBN 13 
9780763731717
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
704