tailieunhanh - Parental Behavior And Child Health

Falls, carbon monoxide poisoning, and burns are common injuries that occur in the home (18, 82). In 1991, 40% of fall fatalities occurred in children younger than 5 years of age; death usually occurs after falls from three or more stories (3, 33). Window barriers are a highly effective method of preventing toddler falls from windows; New York City has virtually eliminated window falls by using such barriers (89). Carbon monoxide poisoning is the cause of nearly all deaths from gas or vapor poisoning (28). Among them, about one-third are due to carbon monoxide emissions from. | Family ENviRONMENt Parental Behavior And Child Health Health coverage by itself may not influence some of the health-related family behavior that affects children s health. by Anne Case and Christina Paxson ABSTRACT In this paper we document the ways in which parental behavior and socioeconomic status affect children s health. We examine parental behavior in both the prenatal period and childhood. We present evidence on the correlation of this behavior with income and parents socioeconomic status and on the ways in which parents actions affect children s health. We conclude that while health insurance coverage and advances in medical treatment may be important determinants of children s health they cannot be the only pillars Protecting children s health also calls for a broader set of policies that target parents health-related behavior. 164 CHILD HEALTH PARENts Not Doctors are the primary gatekeepers of their children s health. Parents make choices about the amount and quality of health care their children receive the food they eat the amount of physical activity they engage in the amount of emotional support they are provided and the quality of their environments both before and after birth. These choices are conditioned by parents material resources parents knowledge of health practices and programs their own health and health behavior and the characteristics of the communities in which they live. The importance of parental resources and behavior in children s health is evident in the large socioeconomic differences that exist in children s health outcomes. Children in the United States fare less well across a broad range of health outcomes if their parents are poor less well educated or in poor health. Children in lower-income families are more likely to develop a variety of serious chronic health problems and among children with a given chronic condition poor children on average have worse health outcomes. The disparities in health status between richer and .

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