Child Health in America Making a Difference Through Advocacy

Name: Child Health in America Making a Difference Through Advocacy
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ISBN: 9780801884535

ISBN-10: 0801884535

ISBN-13: 9780801884535

Edition: 2007

Authors: Judith S. Palfrey

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Who will speak for the children? is the question posed by Judith S. Palfrey, a pediatrician and child advocate who confronts unconscionable disparities in U.S. health care -- a system that persistently fails sick and disabled children despite annual expenditures of $1.8 trillion. In Child Health in America, Palfrey explores the meaning of advocacy to children's health and describes how health providers, community agencies, teachers, parents, and others can work together to bring about needed change. Palfrey presents a conceptual framework for child health advocacy consisting of four interconnected components: clinical, group, professional, and legislative. Describing each of these concepts…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Child Health Advocacy



A History of Child Health Advocacy



The Current Status of Child Health



Clinical Advocacy



Group Advocacy



Legislative Advocacy



Professional Advocacy



Political Will



Resources Online


Notes


Index