Child Health

A Population Perspective

Edited by Alice A. Kuo, Ryan J. Coller, Sarah Stewart-Brown, and Mitch Blair

Clearly written, highly illustrated introduction to maternal and child health
Offers innovative new framework for thinking about and understanding child health
Addresses the most pressing issues of this topic, including immigration, violence, poverty, and obesity
Accessible and valuable to any student or professional working in fields that serve children and families, including medicine, public health, nursing, and social work

Child Health

A Population Perspective

Edited by Alice A. Kuo, Ryan J. Coller, Sarah Stewart-Brown, and Mitch Blair

Description

Children in the U.S. are not faring well. Despite major advances in public health, hygiene, and treatment for acute infections, child health outcomes in the U.S. are among the bottom for developed countries. As we enter the third decade of a child obesity epidemic, children born in the last ten years are now likely to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. Coupled with an epidemic of childhood mental health issues -- many of them unaddressed due to stigma or lack of recognition -- plus the impacts of gun violence, poverty, and youth incarceration contribute to an overall culture that fails to prioritize the health and welfare of our youngest members of society.

Child Health: A Population Perspective examines both the history of child health and the three dynamics that most define it: the principles and dynamics between children, families, and communities; social determinants of health; and life course health development. With both theoretical grounding and illustrative case studies, this book provides a core framework for students in maternal and child health to better understand the issues facing children today -- and how to serve them best.

Child Health

A Population Perspective

Edited by Alice A. Kuo, Ryan J. Coller, Sarah Stewart-Brown, and Mitch Blair

Introduction
Alice A. Kuo

1. Historical and Policy Perspectives
Katherine A. Henry, Mienah Z. Sharif

2. Current State of Child Health in the U.S.
Mienah Z. Sharif, Katherine A. Henry, Bergen B. Nelson

3. Children, Families and Communities
Ryan J. Coller, Alice A. Kuo

4. Social Determinants of Child Health
Ryan J. Coller, Alice A. Kuo

5. Life Course Health Development
Alice A. Kuo

6. Immigration and Child Health
Mienah Z. Sharif, Katherine A. Henry

7. Global Child Health
Alice A. Kuo

8. Population Child Health in Practice
Mitch Blair, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Tony Waterston, Rachel Crowther

9. Concepts in Population Child Health
Mitch Blair, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Tony Waterston, Rachel Crowther

10. Case Studies in Population Child Health
Ryan J. Coller

Child Health

A Population Perspective

Edited by Alice A. Kuo, Ryan J. Coller, Sarah Stewart-Brown, and Mitch Blair

Author Information

Alice A. Kuo, MD, PhD, MEd, is Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Health Policy and Management, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ryan J. Coller, MD, MPH, is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Sarah Stewart-Brown, BM, BCh, BA, MA, PhD, FFPH, FRCPCH, FRCP, is Professor of Public Health at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK.

Mitch Blair, MBBS, Bsc, MSc, FRCP, FRCPCH, FFPH (hon), FHEA, is Professor of Pediatrics and Child Public Health at River Island Academic Centre for Pediatrics and Child Public Health, Northwick Park Hospital and Imperial College London.

Contributors:

Mitch Blair, MBBS, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Public Health
Imperial College, London, UK

Ryan J. Coller, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin

Rachel Crowther, MB BChir, MSc
Former Consultant in Public Health
South East Public Health Observatory, Oxford

Katherine A. Henry
Medical Student
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA

Alice A. Kuo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
UCLA

Bergen B. Nelson, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UCLA

Mienah Z. Sharif, MPH
Doctoral Student, Department of Community Health Sciences
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Sarah Stewart-Brown, BM BCh, PhD
Professor of Public Health
University of Warwick

Tony Waterston, MD
Institute of Health & Society
Newcastle University