Historic Origins and Role of Pediatric Anesthesiology in Child Health Care

During the past several years as Chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Pediatric Manpower I have witnessed the development of the concept of the pediatric nurse associate (PNA) within the specialty of pediatrics. In addition, I have also been aware of the controversies within the AAP membership regarding the role of the PNA in child health care delivery. Many of you will recall the concern of the mid-1960's which widely publicized an impending catastrophic shortage of pediatricians.

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Role of Maternal and Child Health Care Services on Postpartum Contraceptive Adoption in India

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244017733515 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 215824401773351 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Priyanka Dixit ◽

Laxmi Kant Dwivedi ◽

Amrita Gupta

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Child Health Care ◽

Care Services ◽

And Child Health

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MISSION AND MANPOWER

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.31.2.193 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 193-196

Author(s):

ALEX J. STEIGMAN

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Services ◽

The United States ◽

Child Health Services ◽

Child Health Care ◽

Long Term Trends

THE SPECIAL ARTICLE by Stewart and Pennell, "Pediatric Manpower in the United States and Its Implications," is interesting and timely. It will be viewed differently by various readers, by some as seen from their personal perch, by others in terms of the broad reaches past and present of pediatrics as a discipline. The purposes of the Special Article are to highlight the manpower situation and to point out long-term trends and implications in the light of the growing responsibility of pediatrics. The authors say that one requires a "delineation of the role of the specialty of pediatrics in child health care," and "while this role may be shared by other types of physicians, the responsibility for the development, maintenance, and improvement of child health services was clearly assumed by pediatrics when, as a specialty, it adopted as its objectives the protection and promotion of the health of children."

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Study of Local Wisdom on the Role of Culture in Maternal and Child Health in Ruteng Subdistrict, Manggarai District, NTT Province

Udayana Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (UJoSSH) ◽

10.24843/ujossh.2019.v03.i01.p08 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 46

Author(s):

Bambang Dharwiyanto Putro ◽

A.A. Ayu Murniasih

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Child Health Care ◽

Care Providers ◽

Research Activities ◽

Verification Techniques ◽

And Child Health

Health problems are closely related to culture or tradition in society. Cultural values in the community of Manggarai is a cultural potential that can be used as a means of agreeing to various public health issues including finding solutions to problems in the field of maternal and child health. Until now, traditional cultural values (local wisdom) still play important role in the process of maternal and child health care in the practice of pregnancy and childbirth care, and some are still handled by a traditional midwife (ata pecing). This study aims at determining the role of culture in maternal and child health practices, how health care search behavior and cultural potential of maternal and child health care practices in Ruteng sub-district are. The study was conducted by using an ethnographic approach method as one of the variants of the qualitative approach. The research activities included field assessments to understand the condition of the research location, field data collection by using interview, observation, literature and document verification techniques. The data collected from various sources were then processed, analyzed, and then presented in the form of interpretative descriptive argumentation. Manggarai community still believes in local customs and some particular behaviors for pregnant and postpartum women. A cultural conception of abstinence is intended to safeguard the safety of the mother and baby. However, the reasons revealed related to the restrictions are only symbolic. Health care providers and health workers need to understand the symbolic meaning contained in the respective abstinence.

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