Authors' biographies |
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Introduction - Why child public health? |
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What is child public health? |
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Why is child public health important? |
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Defining a common interest |
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Understanding and responding to changes in child health |
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4 | (1) |
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Child health as an end in itself and as a major determinant of adult health |
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4 | (1) |
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Pioneers in child public health |
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4 | (8) |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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The structure of this book |
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12 | (3) |
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Child health in the UK and Europe |
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Measuring health and disease |
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Causes of death in childhood |
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17 | (3) |
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Health service consultations |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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Important child health problems |
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22 | (10) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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Disorders of eating and nutrition |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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Child health in developing countries/the majority world |
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33 | (14) |
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Why is international child health important? |
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33 | (3) |
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The global burden of childhood disease |
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36 | (7) |
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Diseases related to or exacerbated by poverty |
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38 | (1) |
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Common infectious diseases |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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Violence against children |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) |
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43 | (1) |
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Key principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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Determinants of child health |
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47 | (56) |
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48 | (1) |
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Parental and personal behaviour |
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49 | (10) |
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50 | (5) |
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Physical activity among children and young people |
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55 | (1) |
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Parental alcohol, smoking, drugs |
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55 | (1) |
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Risk behaviour and adolescent health |
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56 | (3) |
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Family influences and parenting |
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59 | (11) |
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Family size and structure |
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59 | (1) |
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Family break-up and conflict |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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Early parent-child relationships |
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62 | (4) |
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Parent-child relationships in childhood and adolescence |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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Risk factors for poor parenting, abuse, and neglect |
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69 | (1) |
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Community and social network |
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70 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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School mental health programmes |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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Urban (built) environments |
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72 | (1) |
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Pollution and exposure to chemicals |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (3) |
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Policies to protect children from environmental exposures |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Socio-economic environment |
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77 | (9) |
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77 | (1) |
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The impact of poverty on child health |
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78 | (1) |
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Poverty, income inequality, and variations in health |
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79 | (3) |
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How does poverty affect children's health in practice? |
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82 | (1) |
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Poverty and child health: some examples |
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82 | (4) |
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86 | (2) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (6) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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Health and social care services |
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94 | (5) |
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Problems in health care in developing countries |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (4) |
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Child public health---lessons from the past |
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Early times: history relates affairs of state, not so much affairs of the home |
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104 | (1) |
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The eighteenth century: the emergence of more humanitarian attitudes |
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104 | (1) |
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The nineteenth century: a time of ups and downs for child health |
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105 | (6) |
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106 | (3) |
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Changes in child care practices among the wealthy |
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109 | (1) |
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Child care amongst the poor |
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109 | (2) |
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The twentieth century: interest in child public health waxes and wanes |
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111 | (12) |
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The emergence of epidemiology |
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111 | (1) |
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Services to reduce infant mortality |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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Declining interest in child public health |
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114 | (3) |
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Vaccination and immunization |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (2) |
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The development of hospital paediatric services |
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120 | (2) |
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Changes in child care in the twentieth century |
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122 | (1) |
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The rediscovery of child public health |
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123 | (2) |
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Changes in society's view of the importance of childhood |
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125 | (1) |
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Reflections from the past and lessons for child public health practice today |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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Key concepts and definitions |
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129 | (56) |
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129 | (9) |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (6) |
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138 | (5) |
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138 | (1) |
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Other kinds of population |
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139 | (4) |
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Key concepts in health improvement |
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143 | (4) |
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Definitions of health and wellbeing |
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147 | (12) |
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Public perceptions of health and wellbeing |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (3) |
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154 | (4) |
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Wellbeing and health improvement programmes |
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158 | (1) |
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Concepts of disease prevention |
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159 | (14) |
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Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention |
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160 | (1) |
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Universal and targeted approaches |
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161 | (5) |
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166 | (5) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Concepts and definitions in public health and health promotion practice |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (5) |
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The aims of health promotion |
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176 | (1) |
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Approaches to health promotion |
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176 | (5) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (4) |
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Child health and adult health |
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185 | (22) |
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185 | (1) |
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Different research paradigms |
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185 | (4) |
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186 | (1) |
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Socio-economic effects across the life course |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (6) |
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Cardiovascular disease and birth weight |
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189 | (2) |
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Socio-economic circumstances in childhood and adult health |
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191 | (2) |
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Attachment, parenting, and family relationships |
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193 | (2) |
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Broadening the research base: other child-adult health effects |
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195 | (6) |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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Obesity, diabetes, hypertension |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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Physical health in general |
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198 | (1) |
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The development of the emotional brain |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (5) |
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Techniques and resources for child public health practice |
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207 | (30) |
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Community diagnosis and needs assessment |
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207 | (9) |
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210 | (2) |
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Approaches to needs assessment |
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212 | (4) |
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216 | (1) |
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Bringing needs assessments together - the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment |
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217 | (1) |
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Developing a JSNA profile for a district - an example |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (5) |
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The challenges of evidence-based practice in public health |
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224 | (2) |
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The importance of evaluation |
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226 | (2) |
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Evaluating costs and benefits |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (5) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (3) |
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Population-based survey data |
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233 | (1) |
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Limitations of routine data for health needs assessment |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (3) |
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Child public health in practice - case scenarios |
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237 | (58) |
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`Walking the patch'-developing a public health approach to a locality |
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237 | (7) |
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Child health data from routine data sources/local surveys |
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239 | (1) |
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Discussion with key health professionals and local people |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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Infant mental health promotion |
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245 | (5) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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Health promotion directed at reducing motor vehicle accidents involving school-age children |
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251 | (3) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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Promotion of breast-feeding |
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255 | (4) |
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255 | (1) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (3) |
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259 | (1) |
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Child health surveillance programme - delay in diagnoses |
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260 | (4) |
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260 | (3) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Mitigating the health impact of social deprivation |
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265 | (4) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (5) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (2) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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Reviewing the system for investigating suspected child deaths from abuse |
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274 | (4) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (2) |
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278 | (1) |
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Obesity: a public health strategy |
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279 | (6) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (3) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (1) |
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Takling child malnutrition, a country approach |
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286 | (7) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (3) |
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Who are the stakeholders? |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
Index |
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