White House conference, 1930: addresses and abstracts of committee reports

Abstract

"The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, called by President Hoover, assembled in Washington, November 19-22, 1930, with 3000 men and women, leaders in the medical, educational, and social fields as they touch the life of the child, in attendance. This conference included the following subjects: the dependent child; economic and social basis for child welfare standards; child labor, health of children and mothers; children in need of special care; and standardization of welfare laws. In addition the range of the conference was enlarged to consider all children, in their total aspects, including those social and environmental factors which are influencing modern childhood. Information is grouped in four main sections: medical service, public health and administration, education and training, and the handicapped"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)