Abstract
This chapter notes that, in a historical context, American children are generally quite healthy. Nevertheless, when compared with other economically developed countries, today the United States falls short, especially in measures of infant mortality, preterm birth, and childhood injury and death. This can be attributed in large part to class- and race-based disparities, as well as to stressors, such as environmental hazards, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, and substance abuse and mental illness. The American legal system has largely taken a hands-off approach to many of these problems, and children have suffered as a result.
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