Review

Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future

Volume: 25 Number: 1 July 8, 2025
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Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future

Abstract

In the 100th anniversary of our Republic, we have reviewed the developments in child health led by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades and improved by esteemed professors. The impact of the topics in the National Turkish Medical Congresses held between 1925 and 1986 is reflected until today. We included information on social and education rights, nutritional problems, breastfeeding, and vaccination of children around the world and in Türkiye. With demographic data in the 100th Year of the Republic, we examined the crude birth rate, mortality, and dependency rates. We have endeavored to address the situations that await us in the future in terms of chronic diseases, media addiction, vaccine hesitancy/ refusal, and the digital world and biotechnology, which now occupy a big place in our lives.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Infant and Child Health

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

July 8, 2025

Submission Date

December 29, 2024

Acceptance Date

February 4, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 25 Number: 1

APA
Bakır Kayı, A., Keskindemirci, G., Özbörü Aşkan, Ö., & Gökçay, G. (2025). Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future. Çocuk Dergisi, 25(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583
AMA
1.Bakır Kayı A, Keskindemirci G, Özbörü Aşkan Ö, Gökçay G. Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future. Çocuk Dergisi. 2025;25(1):60-67. doi:10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583
Chicago
Bakır Kayı, Alev, Gonca Keskindemirci, Öykü Özbörü Aşkan, and Gülbin Gökçay. 2025. “Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future”. Çocuk Dergisi 25 (1): 60-67. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583.
EndNote
Bakır Kayı A, Keskindemirci G, Özbörü Aşkan Ö, Gökçay G (July 1, 2025) Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future. Çocuk Dergisi 25 1 60–67.
IEEE
[1]A. Bakır Kayı, G. Keskindemirci, Ö. Özbörü Aşkan, and G. Gökçay, “Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future”, Çocuk Dergisi, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 60–67, July 2025, doi: 10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583.
ISNAD
Bakır Kayı, Alev - Keskindemirci, Gonca - Özbörü Aşkan, Öykü - Gökçay, Gülbin. “Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future”. Çocuk Dergisi 25/1 (July 1, 2025): 60-67. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583.
JAMA
1.Bakır Kayı A, Keskindemirci G, Özbörü Aşkan Ö, Gökçay G. Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future. Çocuk Dergisi. 2025;25:60–67.
MLA
Bakır Kayı, Alev, et al. “Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future”. Çocuk Dergisi, vol. 25, no. 1, July 2025, pp. 60-67, doi:10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583.
Vancouver
1.Alev Bakır Kayı, Gonca Keskindemirci, Öykü Özbörü Aşkan, Gülbin Gökçay. Development of Child Health in the Republic of Türkiye: A Century, From Tradition to the Future. Çocuk Dergisi. 2025 Jul. 1;25(1):60-7. doi:10.26650/jchild.2025.1608583