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DeVore, Mary – 1994
The selected annotated bibliography was prepared to demonstrate the range of published materials available to students, teachers, and community practitioners. Topics were selected that are central to the concerns of those who have an interest in child welfare issues associated with the Latino and Chicano communities. By the year 2000, the Latino…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare
Wyoming Kids Count, Cheyenne. – 1994
This WY Kids Count brochure uses the metaphor of children's building blocks to present information on the current well-being of Wyoming children and to advocate enhancing the lives of young children. Each block (i.e., each develop the brochure) presents concerns in a separate area: (1) poverty, highlighting the number of children living in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Rearing, Children
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1990
This document presents proposals for goals and strategies for children and development in the 1990s that were approved by the UNICEF Executive Board in April, 1990. The paper proposes that developing human capabilities and meeting basic human needs should be the focus of the UNICEF contribution to the fourth United Nations developmental decade.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs
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Rickards, Jinny – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Addresses the topics of young children's survival, protection, and development in South Africa. Drawing from the findings of an analysis of the situation of women and children in South Africa, discusses children's health and children's rights, and offers suggestions for protecting children. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
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Le Roux, Johann – Adolescence, 1996
Findings from interviews of street children in Pretoria, South Africa, are presented, discussed, and compared with past research. Indicates the average age of South African street children is 13 years. Most are males of African origin; have been on the streets three years or longer; and cited family violence, parental alcoholism, abuse, and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1996
This hearing transcript presents testimony exploring how the well-being of abused and neglected children can be improved through an amendment clarifying the "reasonable efforts" requirement of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (1980) to allow the child's health and safety to take precedence over parents' rights. Testimony…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Morris-Bilotti, Sharon – 1991
The status of American children is worse today than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. One in every five children in the United States lives in poverty. The incidence of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse has increased dramatically. Many children are physiologically and emotionally damaged or dying from the primary or secondary…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Health
Lumsden, Linda S. – 1991
The role of the school in the prevention of and intervention in child sexual abuse is examined in this digest. Information is provided on factors that affect recognition and reporting by school personnel; potential indicators of child sexual abuse, both behavioral and physical; issues related to allegations involving school employees; the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Early Intervention
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1990
The report summarizes the health status and service needs of children in the United States. The first of the report's three sections describes the general population to provide a context for health measures. In the second section selected health status measures are presented graphically with accompanying text organized according to three age…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Chalk, Rosemary; Gibbons, Alison; Scarupa, Harriet J. – 2002
Despite persistent media headlines about extreme cases of child abuse and neglect, the public remains largely uninformed about the developmental status of children affected by this tragic problem. The research brief draws on available data and recent research to summarize what is known about these outcomes in several critical areasphysical and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, New York, NY. – 2000
These proceedings from a conference on the health needs of Asian and Pacific American (APA) children include discussions and recommendations from each breakout session. The breakout sessions focused on trends and services; K-12 education; health and mental health; child abuse and neglect services; bias crime and violence; and poverty and welfare…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
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Small, Mark A.; Wanke, Kay L. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1994
State responses to child maltreatment are reviewed: magnitude and extent of the problem, how states have addressed the problem through reporting laws and special courtroom procedures. Limits of state approaches to child maltreatment and the potential for an increased federal role in establishing child maltreatment policy are considered.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Neglect
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Bromberg, Daniel S.; Johnson, Blair T. – School Psychology Review, 1997
Reviews literature on prevention of child abduction and states shortcomings of traditional versus behavioral approaches to prevention of child abduction. Reveals that behavioral-skills training appears to be a necessary component in effective prevention programs and suggests children undergo such training, with the focus being on self-protective…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Abuse, Child Health
Powell, Jeff – Family Health Dataline, 1997
Healthy Families Alaska is a program that identifies families at risk of having children with poor health outcomes and provides intensive paraprofessional home visitation services specific to individual family needs and culturally relevant to Native families. Program goals, elements of effective home visitations, enrollment procedures, service…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Child Abuse
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Anderson, Rachel L.; Estle, George – Journal of Rural Health, 2001
A study of 150 children and adolescents with reactive attachment disorder found that inpatient admission was related to limited psychosocial strengths, previous hospitalization, and history of sexual abuse. Most children admitted to inpatient care were rural and had never received community-based services. Implications for public health education,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Abuse, Child Health, Community Health Services
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