What works in reducing inequalities in child health? / / Helen Roberts

• Autore: Roberts Helen <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Bristol ; ; Chicago : , : Policy Press, , 2012
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.10830941
• Soggetto topico: Child health services - Great Britain; Children with social disabilities - Medical care - Great Britain; Health services accessibility - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Previous ed.: Ilford: Barnardo's, 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-154) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Child Health?""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and figures""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Inequalities and health""; ""What are the causes of the causes of ill health and inequalities in health?""; ""What do health inequalities mean for children?""; ""Why do inequalities matter?""; ""Poverty, inequality and the NHS""; ""Death and disease in childhood""; ""Policy reports and the importance of prevention""; ""What works?""; ""Research, policy and practice"" ; ""And when there is no evidence? """"2. What kinds of studies help us understand what works? ""; ""The challenge of evaluation at a local level""; ""Does it work? How can we design and deliver effective services? ""; ""Systematic reviews""; ""The contribution of different research designs""; ""An assets-based approach drawing on lay and scientific evidence""; ""What doesnâ€?t work?""; ""Making it work""; ""3. What works in early life? Infancy and the pre-school period""; ""Death in and before the first year ""; ""What works in making a difference?"" ; ""Cost-effectiveness and early intervention""""An intervention not to be tried at home ""; ""4. What works in childhood and adolescence? ""; ""What are the problems?""; ""What are some of the solutions?""; ""Education""; ""Disabled children and their families""; ""Adolescence""; ""Teenage pregnancy""; ""Young smokers""; ""Mental health and substance abuse""; ""Tackling obesity in children and young people""; ""What may not help""; ""5. What works in keeping children safe?""; ""Background""; ""What doesnâ€?t work?""; ""What works in making a difference?"" ; ""Drawing on children and parentsâ€? safe-keeping strategies â€? or what are people doing right?""""Child safety and local authorities which consult parents and children ""; ""Child protection (non-accidental injury) ""; ""6. What works for vulnerable groups?""; ""General health and immunisation""; ""Mental health and emotional well-being""; ""Education""; ""Settled safe accommodation ""; ""What helps?""; ""7. Tackling the causes of the causes ""; ""Inequalities in child health""; ""Context""; ""Policies for directly addressing inequalities in child health"" ; ""Policy implications of health inequalities research: dilemmas of advocacy""""And finally...""; ""References ""; ""Web and other resources ""; ""Child health data and Healthy Child Programme""; ""Policy across the UK""; ""Policy reports ""; ""Where to go for good evidence ""; ""Poverty and inequality""; ""Resources for young people""; ""What does it all mean?""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: What works in reducing inequalities in child health
• ISBN: 1-4473-0850-6; 1-4473-1455-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464877103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II