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1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations |
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What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Child Health? -- Contents -- Tables and figures -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Inequalities and health -- What are the causes of the causes of ill health and inequalities in health? -- What do health inequalities mean for children? -- Why do inequalities matter? -- Poverty, inequality and the NHS -- Death and disease in childhood -- Policy reports and the importance of prevention -- What works? -- Research, policy and practice -- And when there is no evidence? -- 2. What kinds of studies help us understand what works? -- The challenge of evaluation at a local level -- Does it work? How can we design and deliver effective services? -- Systematic reviews -- The contribution of different research designs -- An assets-based approach drawing on lay and scientific evidence -- What doesn't work? -- Making it work -- 3. What works in early life? Infancy and the pre-school period -- Death in and before the first year -- What works in making a difference? -- Cost-effectiveness and early intervention -- An intervention not to be tried at home -- 4. What works in childhood and adolescence? -- What are the problems? -- What are some of the solutions? -- Education -- Disabled children and their families -- Adolescence -- Teenage pregnancy -- Young smokers -- Mental health and substance abuse -- Tackling obesity in children and young people -- What may not help -- 5. What works in keeping children safe? -- Background -- What doesn't work? -- What works in making a difference? -- Drawing on children and parents' safe-keeping strategies -- or what are people doing right? -- Child safety and local authorities which consult parents and children -- Child protection (non-accidental injury) -- 6. What works for vulnerable groups? -- General health and immunisation |
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Mental health and emotional well-being -- Education -- Settled safe accommodation -- What helps? -- 7. Tackling the causes of the causes -- Inequalities in child health -- Context -- Policies for directly addressing inequalities in child health -- Policy implications of health inequalities research: dilemmas of advocacy -- And finally ... -- References -- Web and other resources -- Child health data and Healthy Child Programme -- Policy across the UK -- Policy reports -- Where to go for good evidence -- Poverty and inequality -- Resources for young people -- What does it all mean? -- Index |
| Summary |
The UK has a deservedly strong reputation for work on understanding social inequalities in health. But there is some way to go in ensuring that research and other types of knowledge are used to reduce inequalities in child health. This revised and updated edition of an important report looks at macro public policy interventions, community interventions, and individual level interventions in a variety of settings, and for a range of populations: infancy, early years, childhood and adolescence, and those with particular needs including looked after children. It considers 'what works' in practice. There are new case studies, updated research, and reference to cost effectiveness - particularly relevant for doing the right thing in a climate of austerity. Drawing on evidence from the UK and beyond, the book presents these in an accessible form not just for those who make decisions now, but also for the students of today who are the decision makers of tomorrow |
| Notes |
Previous edition: Ilford: Barnardo's, 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-154) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Child health services -- Great Britain
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Health services accessibility -- Great Britain
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Children with social disabilities -- Medical care -- Great Britain
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Child health services.
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Health services accessibility.
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Child Health Services
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Health Status Disparities
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Healthcare Disparities
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Health Services Accessibility
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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Child health services
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Children with social disabilities -- Medical care
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Health services accessibility
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Enfants -- Services de santé -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Enfants -- Services de santé -- Conditions économiques -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Enfants -- Services de santé -- Conditions sociales -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Enfants socialement défavorisés -- Soins médicaux -- Grande-Bretagne.
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United Kingdom |
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1447314557 |
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9781447314554 |
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9781447308508 |
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1447308506 |
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