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Direct linkLebeza Alemu Tenaw; Fei Wan Ngai; Chan Bessie – Prevention Science, 2024
Postpartum depression is a significant public health issue that occurs within the first 12 weeks after childbirth. It is more prevalent among teenage mothers compared to adults. However, the findings of the existing interventional studies cannot be readily applied to teenage mothers due to their unique psychosocial concerns. Furthermore, these…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Early Parenthood, Mothers, Birth
Favez, N.; Reicherts, M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
The aim of this research is to assess the relative influence of mothers' coping strategies in everyday life and mothers' specific coping acts on toddlers' adjustment behavior to pain and distress during a routine immunization. The population is 41 mothers with toddlers (23 girls, 18 boys; mean age, 22.7 months) undergoing a routine immunization in…
Descriptors: Mothers, Toddlers, Pediatrics, Questionnaires
Virginia State Div. for Children, Richmond. – 1981
By examining prenatal care opportunities and health resources for low-income families, this paper investigates both the extent to which available health care in Virginia emphasizes a preventive approach and the extent to which Virginia's medically needy children have access to medical care. Statistics indicate that, as compared with the country as…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid, Health Services
Peer reviewedWallace, Helen M. – Children Today, 1975
Discusses the aspects of the nation-wide maternal and child health services available in the United Kingdom and Sweden including organization and regional planning, basic preventive and monitoring services, development and standards and guidelines for delivery, cooperation of professional and voluntary organizations and funding. Implications for a…
Descriptors: Children, Community Health Services, Foreign Countries, Health Programs
Peer reviewedMayer, Shirley – Children Today, 1972
Excerpts from a full report which appeared in the City Almanac, a publication of the Center of New York City Affairs of the New School for Social Research. (MB)
Descriptors: Children, Community Centers, Disability Identification, Disease Incidence
Peer reviewedBumpers, Dale – American Psychologist, 1984
Outlines the history of Federal involvement in the improvement of child and maternal health. Argues that despite tremendous advances, access to health care remains a problem for many and that to maintain required levels of preventive health services for children and mothers, constant vigilance is needed. (CMG)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Child Rearing, Federal Government
Peer reviewedFarquhar, John D. – Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
Descriptors: Disease Control, Diseases, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Download full textCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1978
Proceedings from the second session of hearings on the Maternal and Child Health Care Act are presented in this document. A copy of the bill (H. R. 1702) which proposes the provision of comprehensive health care services for pregnant women and children from birth to age 18 is included. Also included are testimony and statements of expert…
Descriptors: Children, Federal Legislation, Health Education, Health Insurance
Centers for Disease Control (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1981
This second section of the Guidelines for Establishing Hospital-Based Immunization Education Programs for Mothers of Newborns discusses program implementation in the hospital setting. Brief discussions center on the following topics: (a) Gaining Administrative Approval and Support, (b) Utilizing Hospital Staff and Volunteer Resources (includes the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Health Education, Health Needs, Health Programs
Backett, E. Maurice; And Others – 1984
Primary health care has a new tool with which to improve its effectiveness, its efficiency, and its decisions about national and local priorities: the accurate measurement of the chances of occurrence of a future event of health or illness. Human and other resources should go where the need is greatest, and assessment of the risk of future…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Slesinger, Doris P.; And Others – 1986
Preventive medical care, morbidity, and mortality among children of migrant agricultural workers were examined using a 1978 representative sample of 145 migrant married women under the age of 50 in Wisconsin. Findings showed fewer than 50% of migrant children under age 16 received recommended annual physical examinations. Only 33% received an…
Descriptors: Dental Evaluation, Diseases, Family Characteristics, Health
Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1994
This report contains selected presentations from the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Following welcoming remarks by Carolyn Slack, two presentations discuss improving urban maternal and child health (MCH) linkages. "Pittsburgh's Alliance for Infants," by Virginia Bowman, describes a comprehensive in-home…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health
Grossman, Michael; And Others – 1981
The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's health is studied in the context of the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Community Characteristics, Dental Health
Slesinger, Doris P. – 1979
Differentials in the use of preventive health care were investigated for a sample of 123 rural white, urban white, and urban black infants from data reported by their mothers. The data were compared on two measures of preventive care: immunization records and frequency of well checkups. Immunization scores were highest for urban white children,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Distance, Economic Factors
Grossman, Michael; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's health is studied in the context of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Children, Cognitive Development
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