1st Edition
Health and Wellbeing for Babies and Children Contemporary Issues
By Jackie Musgrave
Copyright 2022
182 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This evidence-based text explores children’s health and wellbeing from birth to adolescence, taking into account the familial, cultural, social, economic, environmental and global contexts of their lives.
Divided into three parts, this book draws on an international body of research and theoretical perspectives on the determinants of health, such as hereditary, socioeconomic, environmental,... Read more
Part I: Setting the Scene for Understanding the Complex Factors that Affect Child Health. 1.Introduction to health and wellbeing for babies and children - contemporary issues. 2.Influences Affecting and Impacting on the Health and Wellbeing of Children. 3.Ante-natal care, Screening and Child Health Surveillance. Part II: preventative steps that can be taken to improve the health and wellbeing of children. 4.Child and Adolescent Health promotion. 5.Keeping children and adolescents safe. Part III: Supporting Children with Health Conditions. 6.Communicable, infectious and parasitic conditions. 7.Children’s mental health and wellbeing. 8.Chronic health conditions. 9.Nutrition and oral health. 10.Caring for children’s health and well being. 11.Summary and concluding thoughts.
Biography
Jackie Musgrave is Associate Head of School, with responsibility for Learning and Teaching, and is part of the Early Childhood team at the Open University, UK.
