Child Health in a Transitional Society

By: unknown author

This book reflects the collective experiences from the different perspectives of public health physicians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, nutritionists, and clinical and laboratory investigators on the increasing problems of child health in developing countries. The effects of societal transition on children's health are devastating: epidemic illness, malnutrition, crowded and unsanitary conditions, lack of health services, and increasing child mortality rates are among the growing problems for child populations in developing areas. Although this study focuses on one geographic area, the northeast of Brazil, the conditions discussed are inherent in the process of development and are of worldwide relevance. The contributors, all experts in their chosen fields, bring new insight to growing concerns in this timely assessment of child welfare in third world nations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019504374X
• ISBN13: 9780195043747
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Oxford University Press