Child health services research : applications, innovations, and insights / Elisa J. Sobo, Paul S. Kurtin, editors ; foreword by James M. Perrin.

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2003], ©2003.

xxxi, 396 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

1st ed.

An introduction to applied child health services research: connecting knowledge and action / Paul S. Kurtin -- Laying the foundation: identifying major issues in applied child health services research / Pradeep Gidwani, Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Seid, and Paul S. Kurtin -- Prevention and healing in the household: the importance of sociocultural context / Elisa J. Sobo -- Documenting child health: the community indicators movement / Diana R. Simmes, Lillian F. Lim, and Kimberly Dennis -- Partnering with the community: implementation, evaluation, and impact / Kimberly Dennis and Diana R. Simmes -- Health-related quality of life / Tara Smith Knight, Tasha M. Burwinkle, and James W. Varni -- Conceptual models of quality of care and health-related quality of life for vulnerable children / Michael Seid, Elisa J. Sobo, Mirjana Zivkovic, Melissa Nelson, and Maryam Davodi Far -- Standardized approaches to clinical care: pathways and disease management / Patricia J. Richardson, Elisa J. Sobo, and Erin R. Stucky -- Translating research into practice: planning research to inform policy and program development / Kimberly Dennis -- Looking to the future: the need for applied child health services research / Paul S. Kurtin and Blair L. Sadler.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.