Meeting the Health Care Needs of Underserved Children.

Bean, Xylina

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ERIC Number: EJ433912

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Meeting the Health Care Needs of Underserved Children.

Bean, Xylina

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, v2 n1 p147-53 Sum 1991

This paper discusses how the health care needs of underserved children, particularly urban children, can be met through an ecological model of health care. Ecoprimary care, infant mortality, and the experiences of King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles (California), an example of maximization of resources, are described. (SLD)

Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems, Ecological Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Health Needs, Health Services, Medical Services, Models, Resource Allocation, Social Services, Urban Problems, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the National Conference on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (3rd, Nashville, TN, October 1-2, 1990).