Preface (Elisa J. Sobo & Paul S. Kurtin).

Note to the Reader (Blair L. Sadler).

The Editors.

The Contributors.

Part I: Child Health Services: Setting an Accountability Agenda.

1) An Introduction to Applied Child Health Services Research: Connecting Knowledge and Action (Paul S. Kurtin).

2) Laying the Foundation: Identifying Major Issues in Applied Child Health Services Research (Pradeep Gidwani, Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Seid, and Paul S. Kurtin).

Part II: Child Health in Context: Home, Neighborhood, Community, Culture.

3) Prevention and healing in the Household: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Context (Elisa J. Sobo).

4) Documenting Child Health: The Community Indicators Movement (Diana Simmes, Lillian Lim, and Kim Dennis).

5) Partnering with the Community: Implementation, Evaluation, and Impact (Kim Dennis and Diana Simmes).

Part III: Child Health in Conventional Healthcare Settings: Improving Organizational Performance.

6) Health Related Quality of Life (Tara Knight, Tasha Burwinkle, and James Varni).

7) Conceptual Models of Quality of Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for Vulnerable Children (Michael Seid, Elisa J. Sobo, Mirjana Zivkovic, Maryam Davodi-Far, and Melissa Nelson).

8) Standardized Approaches to Clinical Care: Pathways and Disease Management (Pat Richardson, Elisa J. Sobo, and Erin Stuckey).

Part IV: Child Health Outcomes: Broadening Applied Research's Reach.

9) Translating Research into Practice: Planning Research to Inform Policy and Program Development (Kim Dennis).

10) Looking to the Future: The Need for Applied Child Health Services Research (Paul S. Kurtin and Blair L. Sadler).

Glossary.

Name Index.

Subject Index.