Title: Child and adolescent health profile: New York State 1985.

POPLINE Document Number: 270893

Author(s):

Simkin L
Noval L
Bubb S
Medvesky M
Brustman B
Warren B

Source citation:

Albany, New York, Welfare Research, Inc., 1988 Jan. xvi, 111 p.

Abstract:

This book attempts to give a comprehensive picture of the health status and needs of New York's population under age 19. It's goal is to provide planners, policy makers, and advocates with key health, demographic, and socioeconomic data for New York state and its 62 counties. Furthermore, it is intended to provide a replicable model for other states to use in obtaining and presenting similar information about their own populations. Over 40 key indicators of child and adolescent health are presented, and grouped into the following 10 categories: population characteristics, socioeconomic status, program participation, health care access, pregnancies, births, and infant health, adolescent health, morbidity, children with special needs, injury, abuse and maltreatment, and mortality. For most of the profile indicators the authors define the indicator, explain its significance for health, and cite important relationships between the indicator and other factors, such as race/ethnicity, age and poverty. Some data are displayed in graphs. However, the data for the majority of the indicators are displayed in tables at 3 levels: 1) for the state as a whole, 2) for New York city and the rest of the state, and 3) for individual counties. Data predominantly cover the calendar year 1985.

Keywords:

Needs
Child Health Services
Health Services
Health Status Indexes
Evaluation Indexes
Health Surveys
Measurement
Program Accessibility
Demographic Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Population Characteristics
New York
United States
North America
Planning
Adolescents
Child Health
Maternal Health
Adolescent Pregnancy
Models, Theoretical
Research Report
Tables and Charts
Economic Factors
Maternal-Child Health Services
Primary Health Care
Delivery of Health Care
Health
Quantitative Evaluation
Evaluation
Research Methodology
Program Evaluation
Programs
Organization and Administration
Population
Americas
Developed Countries
Youth
Age Factors
Reproductive Behavior
Fertility
Population Dynamics