OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to assess participatory methods for obtaining community views on child health research. BACKGROUND Community participation in research is recognised as an important part of the research process; however, there has been inconsistency in its implementation and application in Australia. The Western Australian Telethon Kids Institute Participation Program emp...

The aim of the study was to discover the views of parents about the 1991 Leicestershire child health surveillance programme, its organisation, and content. The study design was a postal questionnaire survey to parents of a sample of children eligible for the new surveillance programme. One thousand parents received questionnaires, of which 66% (660) were returned. Poor access for prams and whee...

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• There is an insufficient political determination and respect in developing countries to really improve the situation of poor women and their babies • The mother-child care in most developing countries does not meet the minimum standard of essential care • It is unacceptable that women have insufficient access to information and safe reproductive healthcare • MDG4 and 5 are closely related to ...

A new set of post-2015 development goals for the world is being negotiated. Several potential goals relating to sustainable development, poverty, the economy and health have been identified. Many of them have potential public health gains, although there are inadequacies in how several of them have been defined. In participating in finalization of these goals, Canada should strengthen its commi...

The effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on health are well documented in adulthood, but far less is known about its effects in childhood. The authors reviewed the literature and found support for a childhood SES effect, whereby each decrease in SES was associated with an increased health risk. The authors explored how this relationship changed as children underwent normal developmental change...

Recent studies examining the relationship between family income and child health in the UK have produced mixed findings. We re-examine the income gradient in child general health and its evolution with child age in this country, using a very large sample of British children. We find that there is no correlation between income and child general health at ages 0-1, that the gradient emerges aroun...

OBJECTIVE There are increasing opportunities for pediatricians to promote children's health through community involvement during and after residency training. Little is known about whether younger relative to established pediatricians have different experiences regarding community activities. In this study we examined whether pediatricians' training, perspectives, and involvement in community a...