Medicine, morality and mothering: Public health discourses on foetal alcohol exposure, smoking around children and childhood overnutrition

Critical Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-170

  Bell, Kirsten ^a,b   McNaughton, Darlene ^c   Salmon, Amy ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; FAS; FASD; Moral panic; Mothers; Obesity epidemic; Overnutrition; Political economy; Second hand smoke; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NUTRITION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; ETHNICITY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 74949143338     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802385664     Document Type: Article

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