This re-titled new edition of Public Health Practice and the School-age Population has been updated and expanded to include children of all ages. Following radical changes in public health provision, Public Health for Children, Second Edition examines the implications for children and young adults as well as for those who provide care, prevention, and health promotion services. It also explores the challenges created by these significant structural and functional changes.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• PART 1 THE CHILD IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BRITAIN
• 1 Background and context - Diane DeBell
• Introduction
• A New Child Public Health: Who Is This Book For?
• Thinking About the School-Age Years
• Thinking About Childhood
• Contemporary Childhood
• Thinking About Public Health Practice
• Theories Underpinning Contemporary Public Health
• Understanding the Subject
• Making a Difference
• Looking to History
• Features of Public Health Thinking
• Making Healthy Choices: What Does This Mean for Childhood?
• Thinking About Social Policy
• Summary
• Key Points
• References
• Website
• Acts of Parliament
• 2 Children and young people's health: A legal context - Leslie Gelling
• Introduction
• Background
• Young People's Rights
• Autonomy
• Age of Consent
• Parental Responsibility
• Confidentiality
• Conclusion
• Key Issues
• References
• 3 Difference and diversity as determinants of health: Ethnicity, gender and disability - Simon Forrest and Theresa Nash
• Introduction
• What Do We Mean by Difference and Diversity?
• The Emergent Nature of Difference, Diversity
• The Policy Context
• Key Points for Reflection and Consideration
• Children, Young People, Ethnicity and Health
• Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children
• Children, Young People, Gender and Health
• Children, Young People, Sexuality and Health
• Children, Young People, Disability and Health
• Children as Carers
• Reflective Exercise
• Key Points
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References
• Acts of Parliament
• 4 The changing landscape of child protection - June Thoburn
• Introduction: Child Protection in Its Public Health Context
• The Changing Discourses of Child Abuse and Child Protection
• A Procedural Approach to Child Protection
• The Legal Mandate to Help Families and Sanction Compulsory Intervention
• The Children and Families with Additional Needs
• The Services
• Inter-Professional and Inter-Agency Working
• Systems and Procedures Aimed at Securing Collaborative Working
• Conclusion: Outputs, Outcomes and the Need for a Public Health Approach
• References
• PART 2 THE CHILD IN THE FAMILY
• 5 Foundation years: The foundations of health - Sarah Cowley
• Case Studies
• Understanding Health Inequalities
• Understanding Early Child Development
• Foundations of Health
• Conclusion
• References
• 6 Approaches to parenting - Maggie Fisher and Diane DeBell
• Introduction
• Theories of Parenting and of Childhood
• Approaches to Parenting Styles
• Negative Consequences of Parenting Styles
• The Interacting Ecological Framework - The Child within the Family System
• The Family in the United Kingdom
• Government Policy and Practice: Parental Empowerment or Social Control?
• Family Relationships and Change during Childhood: The Role of Parenting Support
• Thinking about Risk in Approaches to Parenting
• The Concept of Need in Parenting Children and Young People
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References
• Acts of Parliament
• PART 3 THE CHILD IN SCHOOL
• 7 The school as location for health promotion - Diane DeBell and Margaret Buttigieg
• Introduction
• The School as the Child's Workplace
• Thinking About Health Promotion and School Life
• What Do We Mean by Health Promotion
• Looking More Closely at Health Promotion?
• Thinking About the Health Inequalities Agenda
• The Healthy Schools Programme
• Thinking About Social Capital in Health-Promotion Work
• The School Health Service
• The Extended Schools Initiative
• The Child Growing Up at School
• Health Education in the Curriculum
• Health-Promotion Interventions by Public Health Practitioners
• Parental Views on Health Promotion in the School Environment
• Consulting Pupils
• Thinking About Health-Promotion Interventions
• Heath Promotion as Targeted Interventions
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References
• Acts of Parliament
• PART 4 THE CHILD IN THE COMMUNITY
• 8 Young people, leisure and health - Simon Bradford and Yvonne McNamara
• Introduction and Context
• Public Health, Policy and Young People's Leisure
• Young People, Leisure and Health Interventions
• Conclusions: Young People, Leisure Capital and Health
• References
• 9 Vulnerable children - Jane V. Appleton
• Introduction
• Vulnerable Children and Young People - Who Are They?
• The Concept of Vulnerability
• Vulnerable Children and the Wider Safeguarding Agenda
• Why Vulnerable Children and Young People Are a Significant Public Health Issue
• Working with Vulnerable Children - Adopting a Public Health Approach
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References
• PART 5 HEALTH QUESTIONS
• 10 Child and adolescent mental health - Dawn Rees and Dinah Morley
• Introduction
• The Evidence
• Children's Lives Today
• Policy Context
• Definitions of Mental Health in Children and Young People
• The Difference Between a Problem and an Illness
• Identifying Mental Health Problems and Mental Illness
• Prevalence of Mental Health Problems
• Possible Causal Factors
• Risk, Resilience and Self-Esteem
• Resilience
• Treatments and Interventions
• What Type of Intervention and Services Are Helpful in a Public Health Approach to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Developing Local Responses Based on Known Need
• Commissioning
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References
• Websites
• 11 The child's perspective and service delivery - Tina Moules and Niamh O'Brien
• Introduction
• The Case for Including the Child in Service Design and Delivery
• Policy Drivers
• Legal Requirements
• The Public Health Perspective
• Participation
• The Current Situation
• Hearing Children's Views: The Practice
• Feedback to Children
• Case Studies
• Conclusion
• Key Points
• References