Weighing the Evidence

How is Birthweight Determined?

Nick Spencer

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Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
15 November 1996

Public health & preventive medicine; Human reproduction, growth & development; Gynaecology & obstetrics

Birthweight represents the end of one process and the start of another.

It is the most important factor determining infant mortality and morbidity and the health problems that can occur throughout life. Weighing the Evidence: how is birthweight determined? is a comprehensive handbook bringing together a wealth information to help inform the promotion of optimal birthweight examining the impact of birthweight on child and adult health and relates it to public health improvement. This practical concise book will be of interest to paediatricians obstetricians midwives and all health professionals dealing with child health.

By: Nick Spencer
Imprint: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st New edition
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 176mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781857755947
ISBN 10: 1857755944
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 15 November 1996
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The importance of birthweight. Birthweight and health in childhood. Birthweight and health in adulthood. The public health importance of birthweight. The determinants of birthweight. Biomedical determinants of birthweight. Making sense of the evidence: modelling biopsychosocial pathways to birthweight. Implications for promotion of optional birthweight, research and policy. Approaches to promoting optimal birthweight. Implications of the biopsychosocial model for research, clinical practice and health policy.

Nick Spencer