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Book SynopsisSix original essays reflect the growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood and youth, particularly issues affecting child health and welfare.
Table of ContentsContentsSeries Forewordby Miriam Forman-BrunellviiAcknowledgmentsxiIntroductionxiiiPart IEssays11Levels and Trends of Death and Disease in Childhood, 1620 to the PresentRichard A.Meckel32Stories of Childhood Health and DiseaseHeather Munro Prescott253A Sound Mind for the Child###8217;s Body: The Mental Health of Children and YouthKathleen Jones434Children###8217;s Health: Caregivers and Sites of CareJanet Golden675Teaching Children about HealthElizabeth Toon856The Federal Government and Child HealthKriste Lindenmeyer107Part IIDocuments1277Recounting Health and Illness129vi CONTENTS8Advice on Child Health1439Images of Child Health and Providers15710Institutions for Children17311Mental Hygiene18312Child Health and the State195Part IIIBibliography20513Demographic and Epidemiologic Surveys20714Framing Child Death, Disease, and Health21115Health Care and Health Care Providers21516Child Health, Philanthropy, and the State221Index227Contributors241
