tailieunhanh - European strategy for child and adolescent health and development

Vertical integration. Although the delivery of health care is concentrated in the vertically integrated medical care sector (organized around primary, secondary, and tertiary care), many other essential child health service programs are located in the public and population health sectors (Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC; Head Start; and Early Head Start). Civic-sector programs—most notably, those provided in schools, child care centers and preschools, after-school pro- grams, and youth centers—can also serve as effective delivery sites for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Because programs and their respective sec- tors are financed, organized, administered, and evaluated separately, accountabil- ity is usually limited to immediate program goals and often ignores potential. | EUROPE European strategy for child and adolescent health and development EUROPE European strategy for child and adolescent health and development ABSTRACT Children are our investment in tomorrow s society. Their health and the way in which we nurture them through adolescence into adulthood will affect the prosperity and stability of countries in the European Region over the coming decades. Keywords CHILD HEALTH SERVICES ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES CHILD DEVELOPMENT ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING HEALTH POLICY EUROPE EUR 05 5048378 Address requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen 0 Denmark Alternatively complete an online request form for documentation health information or for permission to quote or translate on the WHO Europe web site at http pubrequest. World Health Organization 2005 All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications in part or in full. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Where the designation country or area appears in the headings of tables it covers countries territories cities or areas. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital .