Childhood Poverty: Understanding and Preventing the Adverse Impacts of a Most-Prevalent Risk to Pediatric Health and Well-Being

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1111-1135

  Schickedanz, Adam ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^b   Halfon, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial assets; Income; Life course; Low income; Poverty; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD POVERTY; COST OF LIVING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRICIAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939825656     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.05.008     Document Type: Review

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