Improving child health and decreasing child mortality still remains a challenge to the government of Afghanistan. According to UNICEF, Afghanistan ranked 16th among the countries with high child mortality (2015). Kandahar province located...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a ratio of an individual's height and weight. BMI is used as a screening tool to identify possible health risks such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma....

Missouri provides insurance for children through its Medicaid program, known as MO HealthNet and its version of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, known as MO HealthNet for Kids. Research indicates that a significant...

During the 45 years since the publication of a surgical treatment for Hirschsprung's Disease, much more attention has been given to differentiating aganglionic from functional megacolon than other, less common disorders of defecation...

Each year the United Health Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to improving health outcomes and promoting healthier communities, releases “America's Health Rankings.” Each state is evaluated on ...

Better health prevention requires patients to have adequate health literacy skills....

What is the essence of clinical caring, how can its value be determined, and what are its origins? Caring for a patient is a bit like loving someone. In both cases, the wellbeing of the person who is loved or the patient ...

Research has shown that early and focused prevention efforts can greatly reduce the costs, economic, psychological and social, borne by families and societies afflicted by poor mental health. With the help of a model program, the poster highlights...

An alternative hypothesis regarding vomiting and failure to thrive is that they may be coincidental; they may have different of common causes, but they may not be connected simply as primary and secondary phenomena. This ...

Health disparities are differences that exist among specific population groups in the United States related to the incidence, prevalence, and mortality of disease, the burden of cancer, and related adverse health conditions. Disparities can occur...

to help a child overcome soiling....

National statistics on the amount of child abuse and neglect are difficult to obtain because states use different definitions. Some states report only substantiated cases that have been verified according to state law. Other states report...

In 1998, Missouri was one of 14 states chosen by the Department of Health and Human Services to assess the well-being of individuals leaving cash assistance. Approximately 2400 households that left Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Previous research on child care subsidies and welfare programs has largely focused on examining individual characteristics associated with program participation, the role...

House Bill 1453 (2004) brought about a number of changes in the way child welfare cases are processed and approached in the State of Missouri. These statutory changes affect not only the children and families involved, but also the judges, clerks...