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Peer reviewedBurg, Mary Ann – Health & Social Work, 1994
Introduces analytic framework that classifies types of health problems that emerge among shelter residents and serves as guide to social work intervention with health problems of shelter residents. Framework covers three categories of health problems: illnesses coincident with homelessness, those exacerbated by limited health care access, and…
Descriptors: Children, Fatherless Family, Females, Health Needs
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1986
This document contains the report of an Illinois task force formed to examine issues that make it different to grow older as a woman than as a man and to develop a set of recommendations to help meet the needs of women in Illinois. The focus is on housing, health care, and economic security of older women. It is noted that over 1,300 older women…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Females, Health, Health Needs
Peer reviewedMcGaha, Glenda S. – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1987
Presents health profile of the female offender. Discusses needs in areas of gynecology, breast assessment, and health education and services related to childbearing and parenting. Describes incarcerated health care delivery system and looks to communication and education, nursing personnel, and community resources for potential solutions to…
Descriptors: Birth, Correctional Institutions, Delivery Systems, Females
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1980
This Congressional subcommittee report describes a study of national policies affecting midlife women, and represents the culmination of subcommittee hearings and a detailed examination of the problems of midlife women. An overview of the problem is followed by a discussion of major issues raised at the hearings and in committee study, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Counseling Services, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Gurak, Douglas T.; And Others – Hispanic Research Center: Research Bulletin, 1980
This issue of the Hispanic Research Center's journal contains four articles which focus on various aspects of the Hispanic community in New York City. In the first article, Douglas T. Gurak and Lloyd H. Rogler use data from censuses, ethnographic accounts, and public documents to profile New York City's Hispanic population. They review the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Delinquency, Employed Women
Zambrana, Ruth E., Ed. – 1982
The 10 papers in this monograph examine the background, characteristic, social roles, and social-psychological needs of Hispanic women in the United States (especially Puerto Ricans in New York City), and identify possibilities for future research and policies. Based on recent research and other studies, the articles focus on: (1) the interplay…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Contraception, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
