20217 pages
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Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. All children should have regular well-child checkups (that is, regularly scheduled...
20167 pages
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Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. All children should have regular well-child check-ups (that is, regularly scheduled...
202012 pages
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Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. In today's society, children are affected by certain health and lifestyle issues that...
20209 pages
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1280LChildren's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. All children should have regular well-child checkups according to the schedule...
20164 pages
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The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a cooperative federal-state program providing health insurance coverage to children in families with modest incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. Since its passage in...
20214 pages
Topic overview
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a cooperative federal-state program providing health insurance coverage to children in families with modest incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. Since its passage in...
20183 pages
Agency overview
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a program in which the federal government matches state government funds to provide health coverage for children of families with too much income to qualify for Medicaid,...
20022 pages
Topic overview, Law ...
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) as Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This legislation, which involved the largest expansion of...
20143 pages
Topic overview
The Children's Health Insurance Program is a cooperative effort between the federal government and state governments to provide health insurance to children whose families earn too much to qualify for traditional...
Editors:Miranda Herbert Ferrara and Michele P. LaMeauFrom:Health and Wellness
20156 pages
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A government-sponsored program, Medicaid provides health insurance to low-income U.S. citizens and other qualifying residents. Medicaid offers health-care coverage supported by both state and federal funds for many...
Author:Loretta M. KopelmanFrom:Bioethics
(Vol. 2. 4th ed.)
201414 pages
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1330LAssuring access to good parenting, food, housing, and sanitation is the primary method for enhancing children's well-being and opportunities. The consensus that children also should have basic health care and social...
20165 pages
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Vulnerable youth populations include the homeless, runaways, undocumented immigrants, and sexually exploited or trafficked adolescents. These adolescents are at greater risk for physical and mental health issues but...
20214 pages
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Vulnerable youth are those who have characteristics and experiences that may lead to developing problem behaviors or other outcomes that may harm the youth and/or their community. Vulnerable youth include the homeless,...
20022 pages
Topic overview, Brie...
The Healthy Start Initiative, a community-driven demonstration project begun in 1991, is the largest federal public health program dedicated to improving the health of mothers and infants in high-risk communities in the...
20215 pages
Topic overview
Medicaid, also called Medical Assistance, is a U.S. government insurance program. This program is administered by the individual states and promotes access to health care for low-income children and families, the...
20164 pages
Topic overview
Medicaid, also called Medical Assistance, is a U.S. government insurance program. This program is administered by the individual states and promotes access to health care for low-income children and families, the...
20164 pages
Topic overview
School-based health centers (SBHCs) are primary care clinics usually located inside a school or on school grounds. While their main function is to provide health care for students, many SBHCs also serve students‘...
20023 pages
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The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) manages the federal government's largest health care financing programs and exercises regulatory and evaluative authority designed to assure the quality of health care...
20216 pages
Disease/Disorder ove...
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic condition caused by the absence of chromosomal material from chromosome 15. The genetic basis of PWS is complex. Characteristics of the syndrome include developmental delay, poor...
20214 pages
Topic overview
School-based health centers (SBHCs) are primary care clinics usually located inside a school or on school grounds. While their main function is to provide health care for students, many SBHCs also serve students'...
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Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. All children should have regular well-child checkups (that is, regularly scheduled...
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) as Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This legislation, which involved the largest expansion of...