Improving Public Policy for Children: A Vote for Each Child

Changes in social policy in the United States (US) over the past four decades have provided health insurance for 100 percent of persons over age 65 and decreased poverty for this group while the number of children in poverty has risen and ten million are uninsured. This increasing intergenerational inequity reflects political decisions where children lack a voice. The purposes of this paper are to: 1) summarize, from the fields of ethics, government, law, social welfare and public health, current thinking about enfranchisement of children; 2) review the evolution of voting and representation in the US and identify misperceptions about barriers to equitable representation of children; 3) discuss the legal basis for children being regarded as adults and adult proxy decision making for children; and 4) suggest strategies to stimulate an equitable system of child representation by altering our current system of voting

Eine bessere Politik für Kinder: jedem Kind eine Stimme

Veränderungen in der Sozialpolitik der Vereinigten Staaten im Laufe der letzten vier Jahrzehnte haben 100 Prozent der Menschen über 65 mit einer Gesundheitsversicherung versehen und die Armut dieser Gruppe reduziert, während die Zahl der Kinder in Armut gestiegen ist und zehn Millionen unversichert sind. Diese zunehmende intergenerationelle Ungerechtigkeit spiegelt politische Entscheidungen wider, in denen Kindern eine Stimme fehlt. Die Ziele des vorliegenden Artikels sind 1) eine Zusammenfassung gegenwärtiger Ansichten zum Stimmrecht für Kinder aus den Bereichen Ethik, Regierungslehre, Recht, Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen; 2) eine Überprüfung der Entwicklung von Abstimmung und Repräsentation in den USA und eine Identifikation der Fehleinschätzungen, die eine gleichberechtigte Repräsentation von Kindern behindern; 3)eine Diskussion der Rechtsgrundlage, die Kinder als Erwachsene begreift und elterliches Entscheiden in Vertretung für Kinder gestattet; sowie 4) Vorschläge von Strategien, um ein gleichberechtigtes Repräsentationssystem für Kinder durch Änderung unseres gegenwärtiges Wahlsystems anzuregen

Improving Public Policy for Children: A Vote for Each Child

Changes in social policy in the United States (US) over the past four decades have provided health insurance for 100 percent of persons over age 65 and decreased poverty for this group while the number of children in poverty has risen and ten million are uninsured. is increasing intergenerational inequity reflects political decisions where children lack a voice. The purposes of this paper are to: 1) summarize, from the fields of ethics, government, law, social welfare and public health, current thinking about enfranchisement of children; 2) review the evolution of voting and representation in the US and identify misperceptions about barriers to equitable representation of children; 3) discuss the legal basis for children being regarded as adults and adult proxy decision making for children; and 4) suggest strategies to stimulate an equitable system of child representation by altering our current system of voting

PAN-00026468 - inlaid bow brooch group C

This find is registered at Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands with number PAN-0002646

Screening Sexually Active Adolescents for Chlamydia trachomatis : What About the Boys?

Objectives. We sought to determine the effectiveness of a systems-based intervention designed to increase Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening among adolescent boys. Methods. An intervention aimed at increasing CT screening among adolescent girls was extended to adolescent boys (14–18 years). Ten pediatric clinics in a health maintenance organization with an ethnically diverse population were randomized. Experimental clinics participated in a clinical practice improvement intervention; control clinics received traditional information on screening. Results. The intervention significantly increased CT screening at the experimental sites from 0% (baseline) to 60% (18-month posttest); control sites evidenced a change only from 0% to 5%. The overall prevalence of CT was 4%. Conclusions. Although routine CT screening is currently recommended only for young sexually active women, the present results show that screening interventions can be successful in the case of adolescent boys, among whom CT is a moderate problem