Children of poverty : research, health, and policy issues

Book

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:: Toward an understanding of the effects of poverty upon children / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn [and others] -- African American infants: contributions and concerns / Suzanne M. Randolph -- Hispanic children and their families: on a different track from the very beginning / Cynthia Garcia-Coll, Heidie A. Vazquez Garcia -- Literacy and poverty: intergenerational issues within African American families / Vivian L. Gadsden -- Socioeconomic status and alcoholism: the contextual structure of developmental pathways to addiction / Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Robert A. Zucker.

Setting research priorities for poverty children at risk for advance outcomes / Craig T. Ramey -- Poverty, parenting, and policy: meeting the support needs of poor parents / Vonnie C. McLoyd -- Policies for children: social obligation, not handout / Aletha C. Huston -- Toward enhancing knowledge about, and service to, America's poor children: models and methods for integrating research, policy, and programs in child development research / Richard M. Lerner.