Issue Brief (Grantmakers Health). 2008 Nov(32):i-v, 1-49.
Current definitions of child health transcend the historical biomedical model, which largely equated health with the absence of disease. Scientific evidence indicates that child health is best defined as the optimization of a child's developmental potential and functional capacity with interventions focused on maximizing protective factors and minimizing risk factors. This approach to child health recognizes the interplay among physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development and stresses the lifelong consequences of deficits in these developmental areas.
当前对儿童健康的定义超越了历史上的生物医学模式，该模式在很大程度上把健康等同于没有疾病。科学证据表明，儿童健康的最佳定义是通过旨在最大化保护因素和最小化风险因素的干预措施，实现儿童发育潜力和功能能力的最优化。这种儿童健康的方法认识到身体、认知、社会和情感发展之间的相互作用，并强调这些发育领域的缺陷所带来的终身后果。
