Vital Signs for Pediatric Health
from the National Academy of Medicine’s "NAM Perspectives"
In a series of papers published in the National Academy of Medicine’s NAM Perspectives introduces four crucial metrics that measure the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional health of children across different developmental stages. "Vital Signs for Pediatric Health" is a collaborative of the Forum for Children’s Well-Being:
- Paper 1: Infant Mortality
- Paper 2: School Readiness
- Paper 3: Chronic Absenteeism
- Paper 4: High School Graduation
The papers provide insights into pediatric health and offer a standardized set of core metrics that can support health systems in identifying areas that require attention and intervention.
Link to NAM Perspectives.
Link to the Forum for Children's Well-Being.
