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Msall, Michael E.; Avery, Roger C.; Msall, Emily R.; Hogan, Dennis P. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
The aim of this study was to assess rates of childhood disability as indicated by functional limitation of motor, sensory, or self-care skills in children living in severely-distressed neighborhoods. For a neighborhood in the US Census Track to be considered severely distressed, three of the following four characteristics need to be present:…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Child Abuse, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
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Cottle, Thomas J. – Children Today, 1990
A children's social health index calculated from six aspects of social health indicates that the social health of children is deteriorating in the areas of infant mortality, child abuse, child poverty, teenage suicide, and high school dropouts. (SH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Dropout Rate, Drug Abuse