Maternal and Child Health Health Article

CONCLUSION

Much of the advancement in maternal and child health has been made outside of public health. Progress in medicine, education, environment (both physical and social), gender and race relations, public policy, and many social areas have made, and will continue to make, important contributions to MCH. An important challenge for MCH as a profession is to promote change outside the traditional boundaries of MCH in order to improve the health of mothers, infants, children, and adolescents.

MICHAEL C. LU

J. ROBERT BRAGONIER

(SEE ALSO: Alcohol Use and Abuse; Child Care, Daycare; Child Health Services; Domestic Violence; Head Start Program; Immunizations; Infant Mortality Rate; Perinatology; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Reproduction; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Teenage Pregnancy; Title V; Tobacco Control; Women, Infants, and Children Program [WIC]; Women's Health)

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