Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780309091183)

Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and accidental causes, improved access to health care, and reduction in the effects of environmental contaminants such as lead. Yet major questions still remain about how to assess the status of children's health, what factors should be monitored, and the appropriate measurement tools that should be used.

Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health provides a detailed examination of the information about children's health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to improve children's health--and, thus, the health of future generations--it is critical to have data that can be used to assess both current conditions and possible future threats to children's health. This compelling book describes what is known about the health of children and what is needed to expand the knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come.

Author: Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc
ISBN-10: 0309091187
ISBN-13: 9780309091183
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.44w x 0.93d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1853