Determinants of Children's Health. Executive Summary, August 30, 1977-June 30, 1979. NCHSR Research Summary Series / Michael Grossman and Others.

The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's hea...

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Main Author: Grossman, Michael
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., New York, NY
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:
Child Caregivers.
Children.
Community Characteristics.
Dental Health.
Elementary Education.
Family Characteristics.
Family Health.
Health Services.
Mothers.
Nature Nurture Controversy.
Nutrition.
Physical Health.
Preschool Education.
Preventive Medicine.
Socioeconomic Status.
Reports, Research.
Genre:
Reports, Research.
Physical Description:35 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's health is studied in the context of the nature-nurture controversy. The findings indicate that family characteristics (especially the mother's schooling) do have significant effect on children's health and that preventive care is an important vehicle in the case of dental health, but not in the case of physical health. Similarly, the greater availability of dentists has a positive effect on dental health, but greater availability of pediatricians does not alter the physical health measures. (Author/JD)
Note:Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Health Services Research (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD.
Contract Number: HS-02917.
Educational level discussed: Elementary Education.
Educational level discussed: Preschool Education.
Microform.
Call Number:ED205495 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.