Sue Greenfield

Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years

An introductory guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new textbook offers an accessible introduction to health and wellbeing in the early years. It explores what is meant by physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing and explains its importance for young children especially in relation to their health and protection. Providing all the essential knowledge needed to understand the interplay of issues surrounding children's health and wellbeing, the book covers: * who cares for children's health * parenting and attachment; * safeguarding and child protection; * multidisciplinary partnerships; * social and economic wellbeing; * family matters; * inequalities and health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780415717564
• ISBN-10: 0415717566
• Artikelnr.: 54249348

Autorenporträt

Sue Greenfield is a senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Roehampton. She trained as a nurse and worked in hospitals for several years before training as a Health Visitor working in London and in Surrey. She later gained experience of nursery settings, and was responsible for a sixty place nursery in South Eastern England for a number of years. She has been a member of the Froebel Research Fellowship team for eight years and has given conference papers on this research in Reyjavik, Prague, Yokohama, and many different early childhood centres in UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Some timelines and policies
3. Who cares for children's health?
4. Health Promotion
5. Emotional Health and Wellbeing
6. Social and Economic Wellbeing
7. Inequalities and health
8. Family Matters
9. Multidisciplinary Partnerships
10. Child Safeguarding
11. Conclusion