Paperback

ISBN-10: 0340907207

Published: 29/06/2007

Extent: 304 pages

Illustrations: 10 b/w line

 

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Summary:
The importance of the issues surrounding public health can never be underestimated, and the significance of child health within the overall public health framework is of particular note. Professionals working with the school-age population are faced with a multitude of challenges particular to that age group, making the effective planning and implementation of appropriate public health strategies especially important.

This ground-breaking book presents a jargon-free analysis of the key issues facing practitioners, policy-makers and other decision-makers whose role involves the individual and public health needs of school age children in Britain today.

Covering all the contemporary public health issues, the book is organized around the perspective of the child, giving a real insight into the needs of the child and how the professional can best attend to them.

Written by highly-regarded experts in public health, this book is an essential reference text for school and community nurses, health visitors, social workers, service managers and policy makers, and will also prove invaluable to all students on courses with a child health element.

• The only book to cover the health needs of children and young people within a public health framework
• Demystifies the planning and delivery of public health services
• Provides a comprehensive analysis of childhood health and service delivery in the UK
• Contributors drawn from experts in each specific field

Table of Contents:
Section 1: The Child in 21st Century Britain
Introduction and context
Legal issues and young people's health
Difference and diversity as determinants of health
Section 2: The Child in the Family
Approaches to parenting
Section 3: The Child in School
The school as a location for health promotion
Section 4: The Child in the Community
Leisure and recreation
Vulnerable children
Section 5: Core Health Issues
Child and adolescent mental health issues
Long-term conditions and complex health needs
Lifestyle
The child's perspective on service delivery

About the Author(s):
Diane DeBell, BA (Hons), MA, PhD, FRSA, is Director of the Centre for Research in Health and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford and Cambridge, UK.

Contributors:
Jane V Appleton RGN, RHV, PGCEA, BA(Hons), MSc, PhD Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire and Reader in Primary and Community Care, School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Simon Bradford MPhil, PhD Senior Lecturer, Centre for Youth Work Studies, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK Margaret Buttigieg RGN, RHV, DipN(London) Independent Consultant, MAB Consultancy, UK Emma Croghan RGN, RSCN, SCPHN, BSc(Hons), PGDip, MPH, PhD Director of Research and Training, ELC Consultancy Ltd, Staffordshire, UK Diane DeBell BA(Hons), MA, PhD, FRSA Professor of Policy in Health and Social Care and Director of the Centre for Research in Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and Che

Readership:
Professional health workers including school nurses, social workers and teachers.Students studying to qualify in the above areas. The book will also be relevant to managers and policy makers in the fi

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