Focusing on Children's Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, and Families Board on Children, Youth

Socioeconomic conditions are known to be major determinants of health at all stages of life, from pregnancy through childhood and adulthood. "Life-course epidemiology" has added a further dimension to the understanding of the social determinants of health by showing an association between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health-related behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. Sensitive and critical periods of development, such as the prenatal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309137853
• ISBN13: 9780309137850
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"