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

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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