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Palfrey, Judith.

Child health in America : making a difference through advocacy / Judith S. Palfrey. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) : illustrations, map - Book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Child health advocacy -- A history of child health advocacy -- The current status of child health -- Clinical advocacy -- Group advocacy -- Legislative advocacy -- Professional advocacy -- Political will.

The author examines the meaning of advocacy to children's health and outlines how health providers, community agencies, teachers, parents, and others can work together to bring about needed change. She presents a conceptual framework for child health advocacy consisting of four interconnected components: clinical, group, professional, and legislative.

ISBN: 9781435692008 (electronic bk.) 1435692004 (electronic bk.) 9780801891731 0801891736 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0801884527 9780801884528

Standard No.: 9780801884528

Source: 00014051

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Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child health services--United States.
Legal assistance to children.
Teenagers--Medical care.
Maternal and infant welfare.
Child Advocacy
Adolescent Health Services
Child Welfare
Infant Welfare
Aide juridique aux enfants.
Adolescents--Services de santé.
Protection maternelle et infantile.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Children's Health.
Child health services.
Gesundheitsförderung
Recht
Kind
Jugend

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States
United States.
USA

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RJ102 / .P348 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 362.198/9200973

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2006 O-237 WA 320 / P159c 2006