title: Community indicators of child health.
abstract: Indicators of health in child populations are critically reviewed and the potential for routinely collected morbidity and life quality data discussed. A short list of currently available, routinely collected child health data is proposed which, if available for all European countries, would form the basis of a useable and comparable European child health data base. A European consensus group on child health indicators is proposed and further research into morbidity and life quality measures relevant to children recommended.
authors.affiliation: School of Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Warwick.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D006128:Growth; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality