Social Paediatrics is a book unique in concept and approach. It is the first book to focus on the social and environmental factors influencing child health, aspects frequently neglected by paediatricians even though they are among the major determinants of child health. Throughout the book, the authors use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the positive health targets of the WHO Health for All by the year 2000 initiative as a theme around which to examine the effects of the many health-enhancing and health-threatening factors on child populations. The book challenges many of the traditional medical approaches of child health care. All paediatricians will benefit from a much better understanding of the social factors that affect children's health. This book is concerned with social, political, environmental, and family influences on child health at population and individual levels. This book is intended for paediatricians, especially those working in the community.

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What is social paediatrics and where does it come from? / Michel Manciaux

Child health as a public health issue / Lennart Kohler and Keith Barnard

Social paediatrics in Europe / Nick Spencer, Bengt Lindstrom, and Concha Colomer

For the best interests of the child: the UN Convention on the rights of the child / Bengt Lindstrom

The situation of children in developing countries / Orioll Vall and Oscar Garcia

Demographic trends in pregnancy and birth-weight / Jitka Rychtarikova

Demographic trends in families in Europe: with particular reference to Poland / Aldona Sito

Trends in childhood mortality and morbidity / Roy A. Carr-Hill

Children and war / Tytti Solantaus

Children and HIV infection / Marie-Louise Newell and Catherine Peckham. Pollution and child health / Sheena Nakou

National inequalities in accident mortality among children and adolescents in the European countries / Bjarne Jansson and Leif Svanstrom

Historical perspectives on childhood / Chris Jenks

Growth and development / Jean-Claude Vuille and Claes Sundelin

Risk and risk-taking in adolescents / Vivien Igra and Charles E. Irwin Jr

The new iatrogenesis / Ulla Fasting

Suboptimal nutrition / Ann Aukett and Brian Wharton

Unexpected death in infancy / Elizabeth Taylor

Child abuse and neglect / Stella Tsitoura

Young children with special needs / Agnes Lanyi Engelmayer

Adolescents and young people with special needs / Robert Wm. Blum, Joan-Carles Suris, and Joan Patterson. Children in poverty / Nick Spencer and Hilary Graham

Low birth-weight infants / Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick

Children and families in distress: the case of family breakdown / Bengt Lindstrom and Lennart Kohler

Immigrant and ethnic minority children / John Black

Risk and resilience processes in childhood and adolescence / Ian M. Goodyear

Planning and managing child health services / Louis Martin Alvarez and Joaquin Uris Selles

Intersectoral approaches to promoting health and children / Bob Chamberlin and Barbara Wallace

Outcome and performance measures in child health / Aidan Macfarlane

Implementing immunization programmes / Stuart Logan and Helen Bedford

Child health promotion / Concha Colomer

Can we create a more optimal hospital environment? / Berlith Persson

Partnership with parents / Nick Spencer

Community diagnosis and participation / Jon Cook, Michael Pechevis, and Tony Waterston

Measuring and improving quality of life for children / Bengt Lindstrom