Paediatrics: Community child health

Community child health

Introduction

Community child health includes disability, social paediatrics, general pae-diatrics and health promotion. It involves close working with children’s services from education and social care, as well as the primary health care team.

Within a given area a child may have contact with a variety of profes-sionals varying according to the child’s needs. Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working is essential in order for the child’s and family’s needs to be effectively met.