And what about the mounting
health care costs that undermine our competitiveness in global markets and rob us of
resources we could use to advance medical knowledge and attend to a slew of
societal ills.
Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental
health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family
resources; and 4) at the
societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to
health care, food benefits, and subsidized child
care.