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Physical and mental health for young children
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This free course was written by Jackie Musgrave. Session 2 was written by Jane Payler.

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Figures

Figure 1: The Problem of the Distressed Areas: 1937 https://www.historyworld.co.uk/

Figure 2: A health visitor with a mother and new-born baby, c 1920s. Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Museums. ©CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Libraries Collections

Figure 3: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191908 Imperial War Museums https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 4.0/

Figure 4: Infant Mortality Rate 2014-16 by ward map (figure 5). Source: ONS Births. in p7 Birningham Health Profile 2019 Produced by Birmingham Public Health (c) Crown Copyright and database rights 2019

Figure 5: from Open University video: PATTERNS OF CHILD HEALTH IN THE PAST 50 YEARS. Used with permission

Figure 6: A3pfamily/Shutterstock

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Video 1: Patterns of child health in the past 50 years with Jane Payler ©The Open University

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