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Peer reviewedHeagarty, Margaret C. – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1990
Addresses the causes for and implications of infant mortality. Besides the more immediate causes such as disease, nutrition, and lifestyle, there are the additional hurdles of government bureaucracy, lack of funds, and institutional attitudes that block access to prenatal care. Suggests structural solutions, including a consistent, individual,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Change Strategies, Child Health, Crack
Peer reviewedRudigier, Anne F.; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Increase in number of children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and consequential developmental disabilities of these children are discussed. Families caring for HIV-infected children express four recurrent themes: psychological stress, grief and mourning, guilt and self-blame, and isolation and fear of discrimination. Flexible…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cocaine
