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Taking a population perspective on child health
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Inferior doctors treat the patient's disease
Mediocre doctors treat the patient as a person
Superior doctors treat the community as a whole
Huang Lee, 2600 BC
We have long recognised that many health issues affecting
children and their families cannot be addressed solely by health service workers. The major health gains of the last century have been
determined by changes in life quality, sanitation, and living standards
affecting whole populations.1 However, for many years paediatricians working in both community and hospital systems have
developed alliances with both statutory agencies (social services and
education), government, and voluntary groups to plan and develop
appropriate services. The child public health movement is growing in
Europe, the USA, and Australia.2 3 In the UK, a number of
initiatives have been developed, including a special joint group of the
British Association of Community Child Health and the Faculty of Public
Health, an advocacy committee within the
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