Child Health Care - (3rd Edition)

Author: Liu Xiangyun
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This revised edition has the following characteristics:
- It adds a considerable amount of new content, increasing the total chapters from 23 in the second edition to 26 (the introduction is counted as one chapter separately).
- As the target audience of pediatric health services has been extended to adolescents, two new chapters have been added: "Adolescent Health" and "Special Issues for Adolescent Boys and Girls."
- To highlight the focus on children's psychological and behavioral issues, a dedicated chapter titled "Children's Psychological and Behavioral Problems and Developmental Disorders" 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 significantly revised, incorporating numerous up-to-date scientific and technological updates. 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 pediatric physical assessment have been introduced; the chapter on nutrition has been expanded to include a section on dietary behavior, emphasizing the importance of psychological and behavioral factors in eating habits; the planned immunization program has been incorporated into the chapter on pediatric immunization, combining immunization theory with practical application; the basic content of pediatric health care has been further emphasized to include visual and auditory health care, as well as the integration of health care with early education; and the chapter on collective pediatric 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 accidental injuries have become key measures to ensure children's 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 new and better scientific information to readers.
This revised edition has the following characteristics:
- It adds a considerable amount of new content, increasing the total chapters from 23 in the second edition to 26 (the introduction is counted as one chapter separately).
- As the target audience of pediatric health services has been extended to adolescents, two new chapters have been added: "Adolescent Health" and "Special Issues for Adolescent Boys and Girls."
- To highlight the focus on children's psychological and behavioral issues, a dedicated chapter titled "Children's Psychological and Behavioral Problems and Developmental Disorders" 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 significantly revised, incorporating numerous up-to-date scientific and technological updates. 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 pediatric physical assessment have been introduced; the chapter on nutrition has been expanded to include a section on dietary behavior, emphasizing the importance of psychological and behavioral factors in eating habits; the planned immunization program has been incorporated into the chapter on pediatric immunization, combining immunization theory with practical application; the basic content of pediatric health care has been further emphasized to include visual and auditory health care, as well as the integration of health care with early education; and the chapter on collective pediatric 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 accidental injuries have become key measures to ensure children's 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 new and better scientific information to readers.