Child Health in America: Making a Difference through Advocacy

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Abbott, Grace, 22, 160 abuse, 3, 110–111, 130, 192 Academic Performance and Youth Substance Use report, 68–69 accessibility, of health care, 90–91 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 182–183, 205 action plans, 234–237; funding, 234–236; public support for, 236; U.S. help for poorer nations, 236–237 acute illness, 58–60 acute lymphocytic leukemia, 57, 76 Addams, Jane, 7, 20–21, 24 ADHD, 66–68, 101, 132 administrative burden, 144 adopted children, 135–136 advocacy. See child health advocacy advocacy coalitions, 148 Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE), 105 Advocating Success for Kids (ASK) program, 104 affluence, and child health, 76 affordability, of health care, 91–92 Agency for Health Policy Research, 13 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS Alateen, 111 alcohol abuse, 68; rural youth and, 72; 12th graders and, 86 Alcoholics Anonymous, 111 Alianza Dominicana, 114–115 All-State Insurance Company, 40 Alpert, Joel, 30–33 Alzheimer’s disease, in Down syndrome patients, 62 Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 7 American Academy of Pediatrics: Arc partnership , 177; CATCH program, 7, 44; CPTI and, 6–7; legislation and, 150, 165, 167; medical home statement, 202 American Medical Association, 168 American Pediatric Society, 20 amoxicillin, 72 Anders, Bron, 101, 195–196 Anne E. Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI), 6, 49, 94, 105, 153, 193 Annie E. Casey Foundation, 6, 13 anorexia nervosa, 68, 76–77 antibiotics, 59 The Arc, 176-177 asthma: epidemic, 64–65; geography and, 73 Asthma Swim, 104 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 66–68, 101, 132 autism, 66–67 automobile accidents, 76 Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 174 Barlow, Barbara, 38–40, 231–232 Batista, Milagros, 115 behavioral conditions, 66–69 Bell, Terrance, 180 Benson, Peter, 111 Berkman Center on Internet and Society, 219 biopreparedness, 60 birth control, 86–87, 213–214 birth rate, 213 black children: neonatal mortality, 78; obesity and, 80; postneonatal conditions , 78 black women, infant mortality and, 56 Blalock, Alfred, 26 Blendon, Bob, 223–24 Blood, Margaret, 148 born well, 2, 237–238 Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), 141 Boston Miracle, 223 Brademas, John, 178 Bradley, David, 192 brain drain, 189 Brazelton, Berry, 129–130 breast-feeding, 108; as measure against childhood diarrhea, 19–20; racial disparities , 80 Breast Feeding Initiative, 45 Bright Futures Children’s Health Charter, 1–4, 202, 237–239 Brito, Arturo, 137 275 Index Brown, Jerry, 228 Buckle-Up Faithfully program, 39 bulimia, 76–77 Bush, George, 163, 166, 220, 227 Caldwell, Bettye, 34–35 Canada, Geoffrey, 117–118 cancer, 57, 62–63 car accidents, 76 cardiac disease, 24–27, 55 Carrillo, Joseph, 137 car seats (infant), 101 Carter, Jimmy, 36, 226 CATCH, 6–7, 44–45 Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, 114 Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Education and Research, 100 Centers for Disease Control: immunization survey, 61; obesity monitoring, 65; on preventable behaviors, 196 Charney, Evan, 32 Chen, John, 219 Chicago Longitudinal Study, 130 child abuse, 3, 110, 130, 192 child care, 3–4, 239 child death, 55–58; leading causes of, 55; by race, 56; early childhood, 56–57; under 1 year, 55–56, 78; school-age an adolescence, 57–58 child health advocacy: barriers to child health professionals and, 10–11, 184; call for, 4–7; clinical, 11–12, 89–120; defined, 7–10; domains, 13; framework, 11–13; group, 12; knowledge base, 13–14; legislative , 12, 144–181; need for coherent vision, 230–34; political will, 16–17, 209–239; professional, 12–13, 182–208; schema for successful, 14; social strategy, 15–16 Child Health and the Community (Haggerty and Roghmann), 31 child health data, 13 Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation (CHICA), 96 child health indicators, state scoring of, 73–74 childhood, 212–216; ambivalency toward, 209–210; constitutional differences among nations, 210–211; family responsibility vs. societal responsibility, 223–225; investment case vs. development case, 217–220; physical implications, 212–214; simplicity vs. complexity, 220–223; societal implications , 214–216; spiritual implications, 216 childhood onset diabetes, 70 child labor, 159, 218 child obesity, 2, 101 child protection, 110–111 Child Protection Center, 192 Children’s Charter, 225 Children’s Defense Fund, 5, 226 Children’s Health Services Research (CHSR), 96 Children’s Hospital of New York, 114–115 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 136 Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago), 135 children’s rights, 211 Children’s Rights Bill, 237 children with special health care needs (CSHCN), 61, 164, 196 Chinese Community Health Plan, 139 Chinese Hospital, 139 chlamydia, 69 chronic...