Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century, Second Edition Book

	Dedication
	Foreword
	Foreword
	Preface
	Contributors
	Health and Social Care of Women, Children, Youth and Families	5
	Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World	26
	The Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute: Putting the Health for All Framework into Action	43
	Demographic Factors Affecting Fertility Patterns in the United States	52
	The American Family: Changes and Challenges for the 21st Century	71
	Nutrition Issues for Mothers, Children, Youth and Family	80
	Integrating the Roles of Health Surveillance, Performance Monitoring, and Systems Evaluation	103
	Combating Family Poverty: A Review of the American Welfare System	119
	Did Welfare Reform Work? Implications for 2002 and Beyond	138
	The Effects of Welfare Reform on the Reproductive Health of Women	149
	The Social Security Act and Maternal and Child Health Services: Securing a Bright Future	164
	The Child Care System in the United States	171
	Children in Foster Care: Challenges in Meeting Their Health Care Needs Through Medicaid	197
	The Head Start Program: Past, Present, Future	206
	Community-Based Coalitions: The Health Start Initiative	215
	Inflation Spurs Health Spending In 2000	231
	Health Insurance of Children and Youth	245
	The State Children's Health Insurance Program: A Progress Report	259
	The Supplemental Security Income Program for Children	269
	Managed Care and Children	281
	Adolescent Health	289
	Women's Health Care	319
	Women's Health Care: Issues and Challenges	335
	Childhood Immunizations	342
	Emergency Medical Services and Children: A Growing Concern	355
	Oral Health in Maternal and Child Health	372
	The Progress and Potential of Injury Prevention	385
	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	407
	The Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the United States	422
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States	444
	Child Abuse and Neglect	462
	Homeless Women and Their Children in the 21st Century	469
	Ensuring Substance Abuse Services for Families	481
	Infant Mortality in the United States: Levels, Trends and Interventions	489
	Prevention for Health	513
	Maternal and Child Health: Back to the Future	520
	Social Policy Reform and America's Cities: Risk and Opportunity for Maternal and Child Health	527
	Steps for the Future	540
	Glosary	555
	Index	565