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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820858403321

Titolo

Children and youth : determinants of health / / papers commissioned by the National Forum on Health

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sainte-Foy, Québec, : Éditions MultiMondes : , : National Forum on Health, c1998

ISBN

2-89544-206-1

1-4356-9887-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Collana

Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

362.10971

Soggetti

Public health - Canada

Medicine, Preventive - Canada

Children - Health and hygiene - Canada

Adulthood - Health and hygiene - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

""First Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Children""; ""Enriching the Preschool Experiences of Children""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Key Conclusions from the Literature""; ""Socioeconomic Status and Child Development Outcomes""; ""Attachment and Relationships with Others""; ""The Neural System""; ""Cognitive and Language Competencies""; ""Social Context""; ""Transition to School: An Outcome and a Determinant""; ""Stories from the Front Lines""; ""Staying on Track""; ""Victoria Day Care Research Project""; ""Sesame Street""; ""Perry Preschool Project""

""Canadian Community-Based Initiatives""""Policy Implications""; ""Family Support, Child Care and Early Childhood Education""; ""Universal and Specific Programs""; ""Measuring the Results""; ""Social and Economic Public Policies""; ""Summary of Policy Implications""; ""Bibliography""; ""Developing Resiliency in Childrenfrom Disadvantaged Populations""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Definition and Sources of Resiliency""; ""The Achievement of Resiliency in the Face of Disadvantage""; ""How Do the Risks Inherent in Disadvantage Undermine the Potential for Resiliency?""



""Promoting Resiliency in the Face of Disadvantage: Success Stories""""Goal No. 1: From Conception through Delivery""; ""The Prevention of Preterm Delivery through Improved Prenatal Care in France""; ""The Montreal Diet Dispensary""; ""Goal No. 2. From Birth and for at Least Three Years""; ""Prenatal and Early Infancy Project (Olds)""; ""The Hawaii Healthy Start Program""; ""Staying on Track""; ""Goal No. 3. During the Preschool Years""; ""The Perry Preschool Project""; ""Goal No. 4. School-Based Programs""; ""The Ryerson Outreach/Ryerson Community Initiative""; ""Helping Children Adjust""

""Cities in Schools""""Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study of Disruptive Kindergarten Boys""; ""Goal No. 5. Programs Designed to Mobilize Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods""; ""Better Beginnings, Better Futures""; ""Growing Together""; ""Implications for Policy""; ""Bibliography""; ""Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Key Conclusions from the Literature""; ""Definition and Prevalence of Child Abuse and Neglect""; ""Causes of the Problem""; ""Psychological Factors""; ""Socioeconomic Factors""; ""Social and Cultural Context""

""Determinants of Healthy Parent-Child Relationships""""Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Success Story""; ""Overview""; ""Actions on Nonmedical Determinants of Health""; ""Values Underlying the Project""; ""Actions on Psychological Determinants of Health""; ""Actions on Social Determinants of Health""; ""Actions on Economic Determinants of Health""; ""Reasons for the Initiative""; ""Actors""; ""Analysis of the Results""; ""Child Maltreatment and Developmental Course""; ""Maternal Life Course Factors""; ""Replicability of the Initiative""; ""Funding""; ""Evaluation""; ""Policy Implications""

""The Vision""