Child Health Services and Pediatric Education; Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1949

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-869
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Services ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Commonwealth Fund ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Education Report ◽  
Nation Wide Survey ◽  
The U.S

The American Academy of Pediatrics has made a nation-wide survey, the first ever undertaken, of all the services and facilities currently available for the medical care and health supervision of infants and children throughout the country. And, because the quality of the health services is largely dependent on the pediatric orientation of the physician, the second half of this study is devoted to an analysis of present-day pediatric education. In the conduct of the study and the analysis of the data, the Academy has had the cooperation of the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Children's Bureau.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF PEDIATRIC EDUCATION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-679
Author(s):  
JOHN P. HUBBARD ◽  
JOHN MCK. MITCHELL
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Pediatric Residency ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Dynamic Function ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Many ◽  
Nation Wide Survey ◽  
State Programs

A year ago we presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy some of the findings that were beginning to emerge from the Study of Child Health Services. This comprehensive nation-wide survey is now complete and in publication. One of the most important aspects of this study is the fact that it has coupled with a study of services an evaluation of the training of those who are rendering the services. Many members of the Academy participated in the collection of information from practicing physicians, hospitals and community health agencies. The results of these inquiries are now in the hands of state chairmen who are reporting the findings for their own areas. These state reports which are appearing in increasing number contain not only a summary of the data but also include recommendations as to what ought to be done within the state to fill existing gaps and to improve the health of children. But the information on pediatric education is less familiar to the many who participated in state programs. This part of the study was necessarily conducted from a central office with one of us, Dr. Mitchell, making a personal visit to each of the 70 approved medical schools and nearly all of the hospitals approved for pediatric residency. Now that we have reached a point where we can see the whole picture, the Study of Pediatric Education appears in a place of prominent, if not dominant, importance. Service is, after all, a dynamic function, and can be only so good as the training, skills and abilities of the individuals who give it. In the last analysis, good medical care for children depends not so much on the physical facilities of the hospitals or the expansion of health services as upon the judgment and skill of physicians. This skill is the result of training and experience. It was this very fact which at the outset led to the inclusion of an evaluation of pediatric education and which now appears as the logical starting point for a program for the improvement of child health.

PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING AND MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 848-849
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
American Public Health Association ◽  
White House ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Health Association

AT THE Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in New York City on Oct. 24 to 28, 1949, a series of resolutions were passed, many of which concern child health. Such resolutions are customarily presented by one of the several sections of the Association after consideration by the membership of the section and those particularly interested in the specific problems. Subsequently, the content of each resolution is reviewed carefully by the Governing Council of the Association, a widely representative body, and the resolutions in which there is general concurrence are passed and become official statements. The following resolutions are selected from those passed at the recent Annual Meeting as being of particular interest to pediatricians: Resolution on Child Health Services Whereas, the Study of Child Health Services of the American Academy of Pediatrics has shown that many children, especially in rural areas, still lack adequate public health services, and Whereas, present laws provide limited amounts of federal funds, and Whereas, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers recently indicated the need for additional funds, be it Resolved, that the American Public Health Association recommends that all states and territories increase their respective appropriations in order to furnish to the people those services shown to be lacking by the Study of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Resolution on the Mid-Century White House Conference Whereas, the series of White House Conferences on Children and Youth have added much to the health, happiness, and well being of children, and

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES AND PEDIATRIC EDUCATION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-405
Author(s):  
WARREN R. SISSON ◽  
JOHN P. HUBBARD
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Commonwealth Fund ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Published Report ◽  
Reductio Ad Absurdum ◽  
The Individual

The Study of Child Health Services and Pediatric Education has been reported in summary for the country as a whole and is being reported in more detail for the individual states. To summarize a summary approaches a reductio ad absurdum. But now that this momentous Study is not only completed but published, it is timely to point to a few of its most conspicuous highlights. With the permission of the Commonwealth Fund, to whom we are indebted for publication of the report, we have reproduced below the final chapter of the report itself. These few pages are in the nature of a few drops of juice squeezed out of the fruits of our labors. The full published report has been boiled down as much as has seemed consistent with an undertaking taking of this magnitude. In a first volume is to be found a general summary of child health services and pediatric education with a number of charts illustrating some of the most important findings. We have purposely avoided over-weighting this volume with heavy statistical tabulations. For those who are interested in more detail and a further analysis of the data, a second volume has been prepared containing methodology, definitions, comprehensive tabulated data, and the basic schedules used in collecting the desired information. So now, in two volumes, the report is available, prepared both for those who have general interest and for those who have more particular concern with the health of children and the training of the doctors responsible for their care—John P. Hubbard, M.D.

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