Human Development and Public Health

Book : Human Development and Public Health

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Geneva

Volume : 485

Publish Date : 00 1972

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3422

INDEX


CONTENTS
1. Introduction ....................
2. The phases and transitional events in human development .
3. The environment..................
4. Economic and social factors.............
4.1 Economic resources..............
4.2 Education...................
4.3 Cultural factors................
4.4 Social and behavioural factors
5. Changes in the human setting............
6. Genetic factors....................
7. Perinatal factors...................
8. Family planning in human development........
9. Nutrition and human development..........
9.1 The genesis of malnutrition in childhood.....
9.2 Early malnutrition and the development of the central
nervous system ...........
9.3 Malnutrition and resistance to infection
9.4 Measures to combat malnutrition . . .
10. Infection......................
10.1 Infection and intrauterine growth........
10.2 Infection and growth in infancy.........
10.3 Infection during early childhood.........
10.4 Principles of infectious disease control in the context of human development.............
11. Implications for public health programmes.......
12. Monitoring of trends in human development......
13. Conclusions and recommendations ..........
Annex. Prevalence of 'severe and moderate protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM)...............