Child Health Care - Third Edition

Author: Liu Xiangyun
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This revised edition has the following characteristics:
- It adds a significant amount of new content, increasing the total chapters from 23 in the second edition to 26 (excluding the introduction as a separate chapter).
- As the target audience for child health services has expanded to include adolescents, two new chapters have been added: "Adolescent Health" and "Special Issues for Adolescent Boys/Girls."
- To highlight the focus on psychological and behavioral issues in children, a dedicated chapter on "Child Psychological and Behavioral Disorders and Developmental Delays" has been included.
- The World Health Organization's Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), which has been widely promoted globally in recent years, has been introduced as a separate chapter.
- Additionally, many chapters have been substantially revised, incorporating up-to-date scientific information. For example:
- In the chapter on physical growth, new concepts such as "catch-up growth" in development and the application of body mass index (BMI) in child physical assessment have been introduced.
- The chapter on child nutrition has been expanded to include a section on "Dietary Behavior," emphasizing the importance of psychological and behavioral factors in eating habits.
- Immunization planning has been incorporated into the chapter on child immunization, combining immunization theory with practical applications.
- The basic content of child health care has been further emphasized to include visual and auditory health care, as well as the integration of health care with early education.
- The chapter on collective child health care has been expanded to include health care measures for primary and secondary schools.
- With the shift in the current disease spectrum among children and adolescents, the prevention and treatment of chronic organic diseases and unintentional injuries have become key measures to ensure child health. The relevant chapters in this edition have been significantly revised.
- In summary, over one-third of the chapters in this book have been revised to better convey the latest and most reliable scientific information to readers.