title: A litany for change.
abstract: A listing of the health and social needs of children is provided in an attempt to stimulate a demand for increased attention to youth of our country. Child abuse, violence, infant mortality, health care disparity and lack of insurance, working parents, poverty, adverse living conditions and arrangements, and increasing numbers of disadvantaged and/or minority children are some of the most pressing needs facing the youngest segment of our society today.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8715.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000191:economics; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011203:Poverty; D012940:Social Problems / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States