| MCHS | Maternal and Child Health Service |
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| NICHHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
| CHC | chromosome condensation; community health center; community health computing; community health counc... |
| DPH | Department of Public Health; diphenhydramine; diphenylhexatriene; diphenylhydantoin; Diploma in Publ... |
| HELP | Hawaii early learning profile; Health Education Library Program; Health Emergency Loan Program; Heal... |
| child guidance clinics | Facilities which administer the delivery of mental health counseling services to children. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| child, hospitalised | Child hospitalised for short term care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, institutionalised | The normal or defective child who is being cared for in an institution either because he is homeless or requires special care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child language | The language and sounds expressed by a child at a particular maturational stage in development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child nutrition | Nutrition of children aged 2-12 years. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child nutrition disorders | Malnutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years, which is due to insufficient intake of food, dietary nutrients, or a pathophysiologic condition which prevents the absorption and utilization of food. Growth and development are markedly affected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child of impaired parents | A child of one or more parents afflicted by an organic, psychiatric, or behavioural disorder. Articles on this subject tend to focus on the child from the social, behavioural, or psychological viewpoint, rather than the genetic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, preschool | A child between the ages of 2 and 5. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child psychiatry | The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child psychology | The study of normal and abnormal behaviour of children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child reactive disorders | Reactions to an event or set of events which are considered to be of pathological degree, that have not developed into a neurosis, psychosis, or personality disorder with fixed patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child rearing | The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, in different ethnic groups, etc. It differs from parenting in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the child and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behaviour of the parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| CHILD syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| child, unwanted | The child who is not wanted by one or both parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child welfare | Organised efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the child. (12 Dec 1998) |