Child public health and social paediatrics 2018

Child public health and social paediatrics is organized by Imperial College London and will be held from Jul 02 - 03, 2018 at St Mary's Hospital, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

The target audience for this medical event is paediatricians, GPs, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals involved in Child Health.

Conference Description :
Global burden of childhood disease, to include infectious disease, AIDS and HIV, violence, reproductive health, tropical diseases and disability will also be studied. Children's rights and their relevance to child public health, determinants of child health and historical aspects of child public health in the UK will be investigated.

Case studies in child public health and social paediatrics (including obesity prevention, promotion of immunisation, promotion of emotional health, injury prevention approaches service design for looked after children, recognition of domestic violence, and mitigating the health consequences of poverty and disadvantage will be the mainstay of this module.

Conference Objectives are :
• Describe how child health has changed in the past 100 years in UK and worldwide.
• Describe a determinants framework of child health which can be used both in clinical practice and epidemiological research.
• Appreciate the value of Children’s Rights and give examples of their use in advocacy and service provision.
• Compare and contrast diagnosis in clinical and child public health practice.
• List the main techniques used in child public health practice.
• Describe the various levels of safeguarding.
• Formulate plans in relation to different social paediatric case scenarios.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.