New Community Tools for
Improving Child Health:
A Pediatrician's Guide to Local Associations
Pediatricians are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of nonmedical determinants in the healthy development of children. This booklet offers a guide to how pediatricians and others can mobilize the resources and leaders of local community associations to improve child health. The authors see these associations as "powerful new tools" that can be used to plan and implement child health projects for the community and to provide information to local citizens. The booklet contains a project worksheet to plan how to involve associations in such projects and to spell out tasks for various groups to augment these efforts. It also provides a typology of associations and offers specific steps to locate them within the community.
The publication is a joint effort of the CATCH Program (Community Access to Child Health) of the American Academy of Pediatrics and John McKnight at the Institute for Policy Research.
The paper is available from IPR's publications department for a $2.00 postage and handling charge. You may download it now by clicking below.
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