America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.

Eighteen new chapters have been added to the 2000 edition of this valuable Handbook, which serves as a core text for students and experienced professionals who are interested in the health and well being of young children. It serves as a comprehensive reference for graduate students, advanced trainees, service providers, and policy makers in such diverse fields as child care, early childhood education, child health, and early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities and children in high risk environments. This book will be of interest to a broad range of disciplines including psychology, child development, early childhood education, social work, pediatrics, nursing, child psychiatry, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and social policy. A scholarly overview of the underlying knowledge base and practice of early childhood intervention, it is unique in its balance between breadth and depth and its integration of the multiple dimensions of the field.

Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health, Third Edition takes a developmental approach to Maternal and CHild Health (MCH). Organized according to fundamental principles of MCH, this book covers traditional MCH topics such as family planning and maternal and infant health, in addition to skills that are applicable across Public Health disciplines such as planning, research, monitoring, and advocacy. Successfully tested in prestigious academic programs of Public Health, Maternal and CHild Health, Third Edition appeals to students across the health professions and those interested in women's health, reproductive health, maternal and infant health, and the health of children and adolescents--those with special needs. The Third Edition is a thorough update that includes: new chapters on environmental health, life course, oral health, and monitoring and evaluation; streamlined chapters on assessment and planning, MCH research, rights and justice, and advocacy and policy development; new and additional material on global health and health disparities in MCH; new material in life course theory; and new ancillary course material for instructors.