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Displaying records 41 through 45 (45 total).

Resource Management Corporation. 1968. Evaluations of the war on poverty: UR-047—Evaluation of health programs and their role in the war on poverty. Bethesda, MD: Resource Management Corporation, 93 pp.

Annotation: This paper examines the problems associated with evaluating the effectiveness of public health programs in the amelioration of poverty. It discusses the dimensions of health service evaluation, the relation of health services to health status, health status and poverty, family planning, neighborhood health centers, migrant health, and comprehensive health services for children and youth.

Keywords: Children, Evaluation, Family planning, Health services, Health status, Migrant health, Poverty, Public health programs, Youth

President's National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty. 1968. Rural poverty in the United States. Washington, DC: President's National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty; for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 601 pp.

Annotation: This report contains papers prepared for the National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty. It is divided into five parts, focusing on the following topics: (1) rural people and their communities, (2) occupational mobility and migration, (3) health care and family planning, (4) agriculture and other natural resource industries, and (5) the economics of poverty. An appendix includes a list of other papers prepared for the commission.

Keywords: Community, Health care: Family planning, Migrants, Poverty, Rural populations

Ross Conference on Pediatric Research (43rd: 1962: New York, NY). 1963. Medical responsibilities for the displaced child. Columbus, OH: Ross Laboratories, 67 pp. (Report of the Forty-third Ross Conference on Pediatric Research)

Annotation: This conference report discusses the medical needs of the displaced child, medical care of children in the public welfare population, the role of a multidisciplinary team in such care, the medical needs and responsibilities for children of migrants, seasonal farm workers' children in California, children during war or civil disaster, the child in the Aid to Dependent Children Program, children in adoption, children with one parent, the displaced retarded child, children in hospitals, children in convalescent homes, and children in child care programs. The role of social services for the displaced child is also discussed.

Keywords: Adoption, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, California, Child care, Child health services, Child welfare, Conferences, Disasters, Hospitalization, Mental retardation, Migrant health, Single parents, Social services, War

Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth. 1960. Children and youth in the 1960s: Survey papers prepared for the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth. [Washington, DC]: Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth, 340 pp.

Annotation: This collection of papers was specially prepared for Conference participants to provide them with specific background information on each major theme of the Conference. These themes are the current scene including young adults, suburbia, city housing and mobility; beliefs and values including religious development, values and ideals; health, education, employment, and leisure services; special problems of minorities, civil rights, migrants, marriage and divorce, and multi problem families; children with developmental disabilities and behavior problems; and community action.

Keywords: Adults, Behavior problems, Children, Children with developmental disabilities, Cities, Civil rights, Community action, Conferences, Divorce, Dysfunctional families, Education, Employment, Health, Marriage, Migrants, Minority groups, Religion, Social values, Suburban population, United States, Youth

U.S. Children's Bureau. 1949-1967. Annual report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Children and Youth. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Children's Bureau, annual. ([Children's Bureau publication])

Annotation: This report includes a report of the committee's activity for the year, planning for the White House Conference follow up as accepted by the President's National Committee, resumes of programs of the monthly meetings (child development, juvenile delinquency, children of agricultural migrants, and the first afterview of the White House Conference), significant events in the history of the committee, a list of informational mailings to the state committees, and the membership of the committee. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child development, Child health services, Child welfare, Children's Bureau, Committees, Conferences, Federal MCH programs, History, Juvenile delinquency, Migrants, United States
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