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Inhibiting Factors in the Prevention of Overweight in Infants: An Explorative Qualitative Study among Child Healthcare Practitioners in the Netherlands
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Dera de Bie, Eveliene; Jansen, Maria; Gerver, Willem Jan – Child Care in Practice, 2012
The aim of this study was to explore inhibiting factors in the prevention of overweight in infants younger than one year, among practitioners working for municipal child healthcare organisations in the Netherlands. Twelve in-depth interviews with child healthcare physicians and nurses were conducted. All interviews were tape-recorded, after which…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Physicians, Identification
Ethnic Differences in Problem Perception and Perceived Need for Care for Young Children with Problem Behaviour
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Bevaart, Floor; Mieloo, Cathelijne L.; Jansen, Wilma; Raat, Hein; Donker, Marianne C. H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; van Oort, Floor V. A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Problem perception and perceived need for professional care are important determinants that can contribute to ethnic differences in the use of mental health care. Therefore, we studied ethnic differences in problem perception and perceived need for professional care in the parents and teachers of 5- to 6-year-old children from the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Indo European Languages, Health Personnel, Emotional Disturbances
Fresh Air and Good Food: Children and the Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign in the Netherlands c.1900-1940
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Bakker, Nelleke – History of Education, 2010
As elsewhere in the Western world, between 1900 and 1940 the anti-tuberculosis campaign in the Netherlands produced a wide range of initiatives to promote child health. In each of these the social and the medical were linked, as the hygienic "mood" was encouraged by a child-saving ethos that focused upon the poor. In this article the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Foreign Countries, Communicable Diseases, Hygiene
Child Health: Lessons from Developed Nations. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
The first of a series of hearings on child health issues was held in an effort to obtain a better understanding of the causes of the United States' low rank among industrial nations on indices of child health and prosperity and of models other nations use to improve children's health care, access to delivery systems, and cost containment. Contents…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Etiology
Community Based Support Programs and Primary Prevention.
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Prinsen, Bert – 1997
This paper discusses the characteristics of three community-based early childhood care and development support programs: the Community Mothers Program of Dublin, Ireland; the Maternal and Infant Health Outreach Workers Program of Tennessee; and the Mothers Inform Mothers Program of the Netherlands. The paper considers the general characteristics…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Support
Child Health in the Netherlands: Facts and Figures, 1997.
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Hirasing, R. A.; van Zaal, M. A. E.; Meulmeester, J. F.; Verbrugge, H. P. – 1997
This book presents information on the current health status of children and adolescents in the Netherlands. Chapter 1 discusses demographic factors, including population trends and life expectancy. Chapter 2 focuses on children's health status, reporting on child mortality rates, abortion, birth rate, family planning, perinatal health problems,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children