RURAL CHILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS -- RURAL CHILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- RURAL CHILD HEALTH -- THE CHALLENGES IN PRACTICE, POLICY AND RESEARCH -- THE AIM OF THIS BOOK -- REFERENCES -- SECTION ONE: HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO RURAL CHILD HEALTH -- QUALITY OF LIFE AND ADOLESCENTS IN RURAL KENTUCKY -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HOME ENVIRONMENT AS A DETERMINANT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS AMONG CREATIVE INDIAN ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- RESEARCH TOOLS -- DATA COLLECTION -- FORMATION OF FACTORIAL DESIGN -- OUR FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- THE RURAL SCHOOL SUPPORT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- BACKGROUND TO SITES -- Site 1 -- Site 2 -- OUR FINDINGS -- SERVICE PROVISION -- SERVICE BROKERING -- COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION TWO: DEVELOPING RURAL CHILD HEALTH POLICY -- THE IMPACT OF POLICY PROCESSES ON CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN RURAL AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR PROJECT -- DATA COLLECTION -- DATA ANALYSIS -- OUR FINDINGS -- Policy maker's goals -- Policy maker's methods -- Problems encountered by policy makers -- Policy input mechanisms -- Policy implementers goals -- Policy implementer's methods -- Problems encountered -- Policy input mechanisms -- Policy recipients goals -- Policy recipient's methods -- Problems Encountered -- Policy input mechanisms -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 'STATES OF MIND'-DEVELOPING A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION SERVICES AND CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STUDY -- THE FINDINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- A POLICY AND INTERVENTION FOR OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION.

PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS -- PSYCHO-SOCIAL RISKS FOR OVERWEIGHT ADOLESCENTS -- Depression -- Self-Esteem -- Eating disorders -- Body image -- Stigmatization -- EVALUATION OF MENTAL HEALTH -- SUGGESTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION THREE: KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND CULTURE IN RURAL CHILD HEALTH -- PARENTS' PERCEPTION ABOUT UNINTENTIONAL CHILDHOOD INJURIES AND ITS PREVENTION IN RURAL BANGLADESH LOCAL COMMUNITY -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- Site information -- Interview tools development and content -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- Participants' views about unintentional childhood injury -- Who gets injured? -- When does a child get injured? -- Where do childhood injuries take place? -- Why do childhood injuries happen? -- Existing preventative practices -- Parent's suggestions for preventing injuries -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC IDENTITY AMONG BEDOUIN ADOLESCENTS IN ISRAEL -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT RESEARCH -- OUR STUDY -- INSTRUMENTS -- PROCEDURES -- OUR FINDINGS -- ETHNIC IDENTITY AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS OF FULL SAMPLE -- GENDER COMPARISONS -- URBANICITY COMPARISONS -- PARENTAL EDUCATION LEVEL -- DISCUSSION -- THE EFFECTS OF ISRAELI STATE POLICIES ON ETHNIC IDENTITY -- THE BEDOUIN SCHOOL SYSTEM -- THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SEGREGATION AND ETHNIC COHESION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING IN IGBO-ORA COMMUNITY, NIGERIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- OUR FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SECTION FOUR: DEVELOPING HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES -- CHILD SELF TREATMENT AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN A RURAL DISTRICT IN VIETNAM -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- STUDY POPULATION -- DATA COLLECTION -- DATA ANALYSIS -- VARIABLES -- OUR FINDINGS -- DETERMINANTS OF USE OF HEALTH SERVICES.

DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MOBILE FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICE FOR PARENTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- EVALUATION APPROACHES -- PROGRAM LOGIC ASSUMPTIONS AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE -- MEASURING OUTCOMES OF HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS -- METHODOLOGY -- EVALUATION RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- TRANSLATING CHRONIC CONDITION SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES (CCSM) INTO LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE COHORT -- ECONOMIC DETERMINISM -- THE PROGRAMME -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CONSULTATION LIAISON CHILD PSYCHIATRY FOR RURAL AREAS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN GENERAL HEALTH CARE SETTING -- CONSULTATION LIASON PSYCHIATRY -- A RURAL CHILD PSYCIATRY SERVICE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EDUCATING ADOLESCENTS ABOUT PUBERTY: ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- OUR FINDINGS -- Male adolescents -- Female adolescents -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PARENTING ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- MONITORING ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR -- PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL VERSUS MONITORING -- THE RECIPROCAL NATURE OF PARENT ADOLESCENT INTERACTIONS -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE PEER GROUP -- PARENTING STYLES -- CONFLICT BETWEEN PARENTS AND ADOLESCENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- GUIDELINES FOR PARENTING AN ADOLESCENT (30,33,34) -- REFERENCES -- YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION IN RURAL KENTUCKY -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR PROGRAM -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHRONIC ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHILDHOOD CHRONIC ILLNESS -- Common chronic illnesses -- Effects of chronic illness -- Developmental issues and mental health -- MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES -- Body image issues -- Development of independence -- Relationships with peers -- Promoting positive mental health -- Encouragement of typical life experiences -- Increase coping skills.

Increase use of social supports -- Empowerment of families -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION FIVE: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RURAL HEALTH -- SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUG ABUSE IN ASIA -- ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUG ABUSE IN AFRICAN CULTURES -- ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUG ABUSE IN LATIN AMERICA -- ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUG ABUSE IN WESTERN CULTURES -- PHYSICIANS AND CULTURE COMPETENCE -- REFERENCES -- DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SUBURBAN RURAL SCHOOLS IN SOUTH INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- OUR FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN SCHEDULED CASTE COMMUNITIES OF RURAL ORISSA, INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- OUR FINDINGS -- CASE STORY 1 -- CASE STORY 2 -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION IN UNGOGO, NORTHERN NIGERIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- Sampling and recruitment -- Data collection -- Statistical analysis -- Ethical considerations -- OUR FINDINGS -- Immunization coverage -- Immunization coverage by background characteristics -- Reasons for non-immunization -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG YOUTH IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- Study design and population -- Procedure, instruments and measures -- Instruments and measures -- Data analysis -- OUR FINDINGS -- Socio-demographic characteristics -- Traumatic events -- Traumatic experiences and socio-demographic variables -- Traumatic situations and depressive symptoms -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- HYPERANDROGENISM AND OBESITY -- INTRODUCTION -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY -- DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA -- SUGGESTED WORKUP -- OUTCOME -- TREATMENT OPTIONS -- LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION -- MEDICATION MANAGEMENT -- INSULIN-SENSITIZING AGENTS.

REGULATION OF THE HORMONAL/ANDROGEN IMBALANCE AND USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES -- SURGICAL OPTIONS -- COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- FEDERAL/STATE PROGRAM -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS OF AN ADOLESCENT MEDICINE CLINIC PATIENT POPULATION -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- OUR FINDINGS -- MENTAL DISORDERS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION SIX: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RURAL HEALTH -- CONTACT -- ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL -- MISSION -- SERVICE AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- TARGETS -- CONTACT -- ABOUT THE BOOK SERIES "HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT" -- CONTACT -- INDEX.