Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st CenturyHelen M. Wallace Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2003 - 586 pages 2003 AJN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER! In Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century, Second Edition, leaders in the maternal and child health field analyze the revolutionizing effect of changes occurring today in the social, educational, political, and economic aspects of family health care. This authoritative collection of readings provides a basic overview of the health and social welfare systems, and the policy and insurance infrastructure surrounding those systems. In this edition, a major emphasis is placed on the effect of managed care on these systems, and the effect of new legislation on families and children. |
Contents
Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World | 26 |
Demographic Factors Affecting Fertility Patterns | 52 |
Changes and Challenges | 71 |
Integrating the Roles of Health Surveillance Performance | 103 |
Social Welfare | 115 |
Did Welfare Reform Work? Implications for 2002 and Beyond | 138 |
The Effects of Welfare Reform on the Reproductive | 149 |
The Social Security Act and Maternal and Child Health | 164 |
Health Insurance of Children and Youth | 245 |
Managed Care and Children | 281 |
Adolescent Health | 289 |
Childhood Immunizations | 342 |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | 407 |
Child Abuse and Neglect | 462 |
Homeless Women and Their Children in the 21st Century | 469 |
Ensuring Substance Abuse Services for Families | 481 |
The Child Care System in the United States | 171 |
Challenges in Meeting Their | 197 |
This | 204 |
Past Present Future | 206 |
The Health Start Initiative | 215 |
Health Expenditures and Health Insurance | 227 |
Levels | 489 |
Policy Issues | 509 |
Steps for the Future | 540 |
Glossary | 555 |
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