Pub. date: 2008 | Online Pub. Date: November 27, 2007 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412953948 | Print ISBN: 9781412928168 | Online ISBN:
9781412953948| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Child and Adolescent Health William N. Marshall &
Sydney Rice The 20th century saw important and dramatic progress
in child and adolescent health. With the recognition of child
health as a distinct field and the development of pediatrics as
a specialty of medicine, infections have been successfully
treated and prevented, congenital anomalies have been classified
and ameliorated, and newborn care has markedly increased the
number of successful outcomes for premature or ill infants.
Child development and behavioral studies have allowed for
innovations in injury prevention, more effective parenting, and
therapy of mental health issues for the young. This entry
reviews assessment of child and adolescent health with special
emphasis on prevention and discusses the roles of developmental
disabilities, injury, and chronic