Global Child Health (eBook)

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.

Part 1: What Is Global (Child) Health? Chapter 1)      Define Global (Child) Health -          Utilize different definitions from existing literature to describe global (child) health -          Conclude with statement on global child health as addressing the health of ALL of children including those in the USA. Chapter 2)      International Setting: -          Causes and epidemiological trends of infant and child mortality and morbidity in developing countries -          Recognize major underlying socioeconomic and political determinants of infant/child health -          Preventative measures for reducing mortality in children under 5 years of age -          Epidemiology of neonatal mortality -          Prevention and treatment of neonatal mortality -          Trends in emerging infectious diseases (Zika, Ebola, etc.) Chapter 3)      Domestic Setting: -          Causes and epidemiological trends of infant and child mortality and morbidity in the United States -          Recognize major underlying socioeconomic and political determinants of infant and child health in the United States -          Preventative measures for reducing mortality in children under 5 years of age -          Epidemiology of neonatal mortality in the United States -          Prevention and treatment of neonatal mortality Part 2: Who and What Do We Treat? Chapter 4)      Specific Populations in Global Child Health in the USA -          Immigrant and Refugee Health -         International adoptees-          Refugee, internally displaced orphans -          Child trafficking, child soldiers, and child labor -          Settings of Domestic Underserved Children §  Federally Qualified Health Centers §  Border Health §  Reservation Health         Chapter 5)      Malnutrition, Infectious disease, and NCDs disproportionately affecting the underserved -          Anthropomorphic Measures -          Micronutrient deficiencies -          Describe the interaction between malnutrition and infectious disease -          Malaria -          Pneumonia -          Diarrhea and dysentery -          Measles -          Neonatal infections -          HIV/AIDS -          Tb -          Typhoid -          Dengue -          Meningitis -          Vaccine preventable diseases and immunizations in developing countries -          Impaired cognitive development and associated morbidity -          Diabetes -          Other NCDs Part 3: How Do We Treat It? Chapter 6)      International: The Policy tool kits -          Specific Reference texts and standardized guidelines -          Humanitarian emergencies and disasters -          Major governmental and non-governmental organizations -          Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Chapter 7)      Navigating the Domestic Resources (An Advocate's Well Child Check) -          Healthy People 2020 -          Insurance and Access -          Literacy -          Food Access and Insecurity -          Environmental Health -          Housing Insecurity -          School Disparities -          Specialty Care Access with reference to NCDs -          Using social mediaPart 4: Why This Work Is Important; Conclusion