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Author Palfrey, Judith.

Title Child health in America : making a difference through advocacy / Judith S. Palfrey
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation
Contents Child health advocacy -- A history of child health advocacy -- The current status of child health -- Clinical advocacy -- Group advocacy -- Legislative advocacy -- Professional advocacy -- Political will
Summary The author examines the meaning of advocacy to children's health and outlines how health providers, community agencies, teachers, parents, and others can work together to bring about needed change. She presents a conceptual framework for child health advocacy consisting of four interconnected components: clinical, group, professional, and legislative
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Child health services -- United States.
Legal assistance to children.
Teenagers -- Medical care.
Maternal and infant welfare.
Child Advocacy
Adolescent Health Services
Child Welfare
Infant Welfare
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
Teenagers -- Medical care
Maternal and infant welfare
Legal assistance to children
Child health services
Gesundheitsförderung
Recht
Kind
Jugend
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006005263
ISBN 9781435692008
1435692004
9780801891731
0801891736
0801884527
9780801884528