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Title: Children in poverty : child development and public policy / edited by Aletha C. Huston.
Main Entry: Huston, Aletha C.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Publication Date: 1991.
Publication Place: Cambridge ; New York :
ISBN: 0521391628 (hardback)
9780521391627 (hardback)
0521477565 (pbk.)
9780521477567 (pbk.)

Subject: Poor children -- United States -- Congresses.
Poor children -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses.
Child welfare -- United States -- Congresses.
Child development -- United States -- Congresses.
Poverty.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Infant.
Child.
Enfants pauvres -- âEtats-Unis -- Congrلes.
Enfants pauvres -- Politique gouvernementale -- âEtats-Unis -- Congrلes.
Enfants -- Dâeveloppement -- âEtats-Unis -- Congrلes.
Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- âEtats-Unis -- Congrلes.
Kinderen.
Armenzorg.
Ontwikkelingspsychologie.
Pauvres -- âEtats-Unis.
Service social auprلes des enfants -- âEtats-Unis.
Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- âEtats-Unis.
Enfants -- Psychologie -- âEtats-Unis.
Enfants de familles pauvres -- âEtats-Unis.
Children Development Effects of Poverty.
United States.
Children Poverty Policies Of Government.
United States.

Contents: Children in poverty : developmental and policy issues / Aletha C. Huston -- The economic environment of childhood / Greg J. Duncan -- The role of mother-only families in reproducing poverty / Sara S. McLanahan, Nan Marie Astone, and Nadine F. Marks -- The association between adolescent parenting and childhood poverty / Lorraine V. Klerman -- The strain of living poor : parenting, social support, and child mental health / Vonnie C. McLoyd and Leon Wilson -- The health of poor children : problems and programs / Lorraine V. Klerman -- With a little help : children in poverty and child care / Deborah A. Phillips -- Poverty, early childhood education, and academic competence : the Abecedarian experiment / Craig T. Ramey and Frances A. Campbell -- Educational acceleration for at-risk students ; Cost-benefits and cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions for children in poverty / Henry M. Levin.
Effective programs for children growing up in concentrated poverty / Lisbeth Bamberger Schorr -- Antecedents, consequences, and possible solutions for poverty among children / Aletha C. Huston.

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