The New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) supports preventive health care and injury prevention efforts for children to enable them to develop to their full potential. The NHPHA holds that these activities must be particularly focused on children as they are not empowered to seek these for themselves. Priorities include:
- Promoting compliance with recommended screenings and childhood immunization schedule;
- Access for all children to comprehensive healthcare and social services; and
- Enacting and enforcing policies and laws which protect and prevent children from injury, abuse, and exposure to toxins.
Resources:
Ackerman, L. K., “Update on Immunization in Children and Adolescents,” American Family Physician 77:11 (June 1, 2008) 1561-1568.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Bright Futures.
http://brightfutures.aap.org/index.htmlAmerican Academy of Pediatrics, National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs.
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/Annie E. Casey Foundation, Community-Level Information on Kids.
http://www.kidscount.o...cliks.cgi...=NHChild Trends, Child Trends Data Bank,
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire.
http://www.childrennh.org/web/Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire.
http://www.unh.edu/ccrcFamilies USA, “SCHIP Reauthorization: What’s at Stake for New Hampshire?” Washington, DC: Families USA, May 2007.
http://familiesusa.org...shire-schip.pdfNational Center for Children in Poverty,
http://www.nccp.org/United Way Early Childhood: Success by 6.
http://dir.unitedway.org/sb6/US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons 0-6 Years, 2008”
http://www.cdc.gov/vac...schedule_pr.pdf
