Child
Health and Safety
Child Health & Safety is concerned with the physical environment in
which children live and play, and the role that environment plays in
their health, development, and safety. A widely accepted
definition of the term “health” is that of the World Health
Organization (WHO), which states that “health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.” Recently, this statement has been
modified to include the ability to lead a “socially and economically
productive life.”
Read More
About It:
Florida Department of
Health Office of Injury Prevention
Florida Injury Incidence Data by County:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Workforce/InjuryPrevention/InjuryData.html
The Partnership for a
Healthier Pinellas cites the 2004 Florida Health
Insurance Study to report that 11.3% of
Pinellas
kids are uninsured:
http://www.healthierpinellas.org/html/php_improve_access.html
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
2004 Health Insurance Study:
http://ahca.myflorida.com/medicaid/quality_management/mrp/Projects/fhis2004/reports.shtml
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
2004 ZIP Code Estimates of People Without Health
Insurance:
http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/quality_management/mrp/Projects/fhis2004/PDF/fhis_zip_code_report_aug2005.pdf
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medical and
Dental Health, Access to Care, and Use of Services in US Children
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/121/2/e286
Child
Health System Performance A State Scorecard
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=687113
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