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Children with Special Healthcare Needs (CSHCN) are defined by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau as: :"Those who have one or more chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who :also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally" 〔McPherson, M., P. Arango, H. Fox, C. Lauver, M. McManus, P. W. Newacheck, J. M. Perrin, J. P. Shonkoff, and B. Strickland. "A New Definition of Children With Special Health Care Needs." Pediatrics 102.1 (1998): 137-39. Print.〕 ==Types of special healthcare needs== There are a wide variety of physical, mental, and psychological health conditions considered to be special healthcare needs in the United States. They range from relatively mild to chronic and severe. The functional impairments of CSHCN include problems with one or more of the following criteria: breathing, swallowing/digestion/metabolism, blood circulation, chronic pain, hearing even with corrective devices, seeing even with corrective devices, taking care of self, coordination/moving around, learning/understanding/paying attention, speaking/communicating, making/keeping friends, and behavior.〔National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. NS-CSHCN 2009/10. Data query from the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved () from www.childhealthdata.org〕 The list below states health conditions considered to be special healthcare needs. *Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) *Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) *Depression *Anxiety problems *Behavioral problems *Autism *Asperger's *Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) *Diabetes *Developmental delay *Intellectual Disability (ID) *Epilepsy *Migraines *Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) *Heart problems *Blood problems *Cystic fibrosis *Cerebral palsy *Muscular dystrophy *Down syndrome *Arthritis *Joint problems *Allergies 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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