Question

Review the Indicators of a Child’s Well-being as outlined in the America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2017 report.

• Identify four indicators associated with the reading. Compare those indicators with leading key indicators of health for adults. How do they compare?
• What role does race, ethnicity, and poverty status have on the health of children?

Answer 1

ANS - FOUR INDICATORS USED IN THE REPORT ARE -

• Family and social environment
• Economic circumstances
• Health care
• Physical environment and safety

Whereas leading key indicators of health for adults are-

• Access to Health Services.
• Clinical Preventive Services.
• Environmental Quality.
• Maternal Infant and Child Health.
• Mental Health.
• Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Oral Health.
• Reproductive and Sexual Health., etc

Hence it is clear from the above indicators that even though most of the indicators are similar , the health indicators for child is mostly driven by indicators surrounding or effecting the child, whereas for adult the indicators are individualized as well as effecting the adult in some other ways.

ANS - Children living in poverty are vulnerable to environmental, educational, health, and safety risks. Compared with their peers, children living in poverty, especially young children, are more likely to have cognitive, behavioral, and socio emotional difficulties. Throughout their lifetimes, they are more likely to complete fewer years of school and experience more years of unemployment.

Among racial and ethnic groups, Black, non-Hispanic women were the most likely to have a low birth weight infant in 2015 (13.3 percent), compared with White, non-Hispanic (6.9 percent); Hispanic (7.2 percent); American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic (7.6 percent); and Asian or Pacific Islander, non Hispanic (8.4 percent) mothers. Similar differences in low birth weight by race and ethnicity were observed in previous years. Among White, non-Hispanic; Black, non-Hispanic; and Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic births, the percentage that were low birth weight declined in recent years. The decline in the percentage started around 2006 for White, non-Hispanic; in 2005 for Black, non-Hispanic; and in 2009 for Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic births.