SOCIAL PEDIATRICS
By: Edited for the Foundation by Robert J. Schlegel, M.D.
Contributors: Schlegel, Robert J.; International Foundation for Biosocial Development and Human Health.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Monograph Series on Health Communications and Biopsychosocial Health; Interdisciplinary Journal of Communications and Health Care Sciences.; No. 2
Publisher: International Foundation for Biosocial Development and Human Health
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardbound
Number of pages: 81
Copyright date: 1981
Subjects: Pediatrics -- Social aspects -- United States; Child health services -- United States; Children with social disabilities -- Medical care -- United States
Genres: Social Medicine; Education For Health; Biopsychosocial Medicine
Work titles: Medical Monograph
First sentence: Most of the preventable illnesses and deaths among American children are due to social causes. This is obvious in the case of homicide, exposure to toxic chemicals or automobile injuries. It is less apparent when there is permanent brain damage resulting from poor maternal health during pregnancy or tuberculosis due to increased exposure and decreased host resistance. The child who is most vulnerable to these disorders is a child of poverty and is usually from a racial minority population.
Description: Monograph outlining the impact on children, especially minority children, who may suffer from conditions typified by lack of a supporting social network. It is demonstrated, via the papers presented, that the Child Health Service Professions must play a role in liberating children from social instability, and provide equal opportunitity in education and health towards a whole and productive life.
Notes: Includes Bibliographies. Also CHARTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS KING/DREW MEDICAL CENTER, LOS ANGELES: (Founded 1971. Mission; Goals; Objectives; Tasks). Includes a SPECIAL ARTICLE: AN OVERVIEW OF STRESS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM by Stacey B. Day M.D.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PEDIATRICS: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH; title: PART I: THE VULNERABLE CHILD; title: PART II: TOWARD AN IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM FOR THE INNER CITY CHILD; title: PART III: EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE URBAN CHILD; title: A CONCLUSION FOR RESPONDING TO NEEDS OF THE URBAN THIRD WORLD