2nd Edition

Public Health for Children

Edited By Diane DeBell Copyright 2016
    296 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This re-titled new edition of Public Health Practice and the School-age Population has been updated and expanded to include children of all ages. Following radical changes in public health provision, Public Health for Children, Second Edition examines the implications for children and young adults as well as for those who provide care, prevention, and health promotion services. It also explores the challenges created by these significant structural and functional changes.

    Written by experts in the field, each chapter takes a practical approach to support learning and teaching. The book examines the health and well-being of children by revisiting the full range of public health practice from analysis to action, including the work of epidemiology and community interventions that seek to improve health. The book does this by examining the three locations that children inhabit as they grow and develop into adulthood: home, school, and the community.

    This edition includes new chapters on various topics including policy changes, childhood poverty, pre-school children, health and social care services for school-age children, challenges in adolescent health and well-being, neurosciences, complex health needs, and long-term conditions.

    Demystifying the planning and delivery of public health services for children, the book provides authoritative insights into the needs of the children and how professionals can best attend to those needs. It includes case studies, key issues, and discussion points in each chapter to reinforce understanding.

    PART 1: THE CHILD IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BRITAIN

    Background and Context
    Diane DeBell

    Children and Young People’s Health: A Legal Context
    Leslie Gelling

    Difference and Diversity as Determinants of Health: Ethnicity, Gender and Disability
    Simon Forrest and Theresa Nash

    The Changing Landscape of Child Protection
    June Thoburn

    PART 2: THE CHILD IN THE FAMILY

    Foundation Years: The Foundations of Health
    Sarah Cowley

    Approaches to Parenting
    Maggie Fisher and Diane DeBell

    PART 3: THE CHILD IN SCHOOL

    The School as Location for Health Promotion
    Diane DeBell and Margaret Buttigieg

    PART 4: THE CHILD IN THE COMMUNITY

    Young People, Leisure and Health
    Simon Bradford and Yvonne McNamara

    Vulnerable Children
    Jane V. Appleton

    PART 5: HEALTH QUESTIONS

    Child and Adolescent Mental Health
    Dawn Rees and Dinah Morley

    The Child’s Perspective and Service Delivery

    Index

    Biography

    Diane DeBell, Emeritus Professor, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK

    "This book brings together experts from a range of disciplines and shows how a deeper insight into societal problems can help us to make a difference both in public policy and in the lives of individual troubled children."
    —From the Foreword by Sir David Hall, Emeritus Professor of Community Paediatrics, University of Sheffield; and Honorary Professor of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town