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maternal and child health  

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  • Maternal and child health (MCH) is the professional and academic field that focuses on the determinants, mechanisms, and systems that promote and maintain the health, safety, well-being, and appropriate development of children and their families in communities and societies, in order to enhance the future health and welfare of society and subsequent generations. Maternal and child health is a collaborative, multidisciplinary specialty area within the field of public health. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Maternal and Child Health]

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