Of saving children

Saving children What role for anthropology ?

5 In November 1925 Margaret Mead set sail from the US for Samoa in order to undertake what is commonly seen as the first anthropological fieldwork with children outside Europe and North America. While her findings have been keenly contested, the deliberate focus of her study and the early popularity of her writing secured for Mead an enduring reputation as pioneer of the ethnography of children...

Environmental Disease: Saving the Lives of Children Under 5

Save the Children has compiled the first ever league table ranking 60 developing nations in their efforts to preserve the lives of their youngest citizens. This information, published in the May 2007 report State of the World's Mothers 2007: Saving the Lives of Children Under 5, illustrates how even the poorest countries can implement effective solutions to prevent untimely child deaths. The ta...

In the Balance: Saving the Lives of Mothers, Newborns & Children

Saving money, saving lives.

In 1996, Duke Children's Hospital was in serious trouble. Its $11 million annual operating loss had forced administrators to make cutbacks. As a result, some caregivers felt that the quality of care had deteriorated. Parents' complaints were on the rise. Frustrated staff members were quitting. In this article, Jon Meliones, DCH's chief medical director, candidly describes how his debt-ridden ho...

A cost-saving algorithm for children hospitalized for status asthmaticus.

OBJECTIVE To test the ability of an assessment-driven algorithm for treatment of pediatric status asthmaticus to reduce length and cost of hospitalization. DESIGN Nonrandomized, prospective, controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Children aged 1 to 18 years hospitalized for status asthmaticus; 104 were treated using the asthma care algorithm (intervention) a...