Global Child Health

Presents and defines global health in the national context
Compares and contrasts international and national global child health
Offers guidance on advocating for child health both internationally and locally by providing readers with an advocacy tool kit and resources
Identifies and describes the challenges faced by underserved communities in the United States
Defines the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the most common ailments affecting underserved children

Presents and defines global health in the national context Compares and contrasts international and national global child health Offers guidance on advocating for child health both internationally and locally by providing readers with an advocacy tool kit and resources Identifies and describes the challenges faced by underserved communities in the United States Defines the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the most common ailments affecting underserved children

Autorentext
Krishnan Subrahmanian, MD, MPhil, is assistant professor of Pediatrics and pediatrician at Hennepin County Medical Center of University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Dr. Subrahmanian also is maternal child health specialist at Partners in Health. He was chief resident in Pediatrics and Global Child Health at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX, USA.
Padma Swamy, MD, is clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas, USA.

Inhalt
Part 1: What Is Global (Child) Health?.- Chapter 1: Define Global (Child) Health.- Chapter 2: International Setting.- Chapter 3: Domestic Setting.- Part 2: Who and What Do We Treat.- Chapter 4: Specific Populations in Global Child Health in the USA.- Chapter 5: Malnutrition, Infectious disease, and NCDs disproportionately affecting the underserved.- Part 3: How Do We treat It?.- **Chapter 6: International: The Policy tool kits.- Chapter 7: Navigating the Domestic Resources (An Advocate's Well Child Check). -Part 4: Why This Work Is Important; Conclusion**.