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Kamara, Elizabeth Ngololo; Kasanda, Choshi; Van Rooy, Gert – Education Sciences, 2018
The provision of Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) positively impacts children's futures physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially. The assessment sought to inform intervention programs to improve the status of children's physical, social-emotional, cognitive and educational needs, as well as their health and nutritional needs.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Educational Quality
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Hollings, Ernest F. – Current History, 1973
The quality of life endured by the rural poor is significantly inferior to that of the urban poor. (DM)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Health Needs, Housing
Reagan, Patricia A. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
One of the most neglected consumer groups has been the migrant and rural poor populations scattered through the farming regions of the country. The Colorado Migrant Health Program is a valuable means of providing primary health services to migrant farmworkers. (JN)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Evaluation Methods, Health Education, Health Needs
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Appalachian Center. – 1989
Problems of access to health care facing Appalachia mountain communities are confounded by unemployment, poverty, low education, and local religious beliefs that barrier people from receiving medical care. This proceedings addresses the issues related to health access and health needs. It contains 20 papers and 12 synopses of presentation. The…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Health Behavior, Health Needs, Health Programs
Teller, Charles H.; Butz, William P. – 1984
This paper examined the relationship between temporary migration and childhood malnutrition in Guatemala and questioned whether migration patterns or low socioeconomic status produced a special risk group. The study emphasized policy implications of high priorities placed on population redistribution in Latin American governments and the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Failure to Thrive, Foreign Countries, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1986
The Domestic Task Force of the House Select Committee on Hunger met to hear testimony on women and hunger in Appalachia and on food assistance programs and legislation, including H.R. 2100, the 1985 farm bill. Introductory remarks by task force members outline the bill's food assistance provisions, which include increased funding for food stamp…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Programs, Economic Factors, Eligibility
Wheeler, Raymond M.; And Others – 1967
A team of physicians with an interest in the medical problems of rural American children in the South and in Appalachia report on the medical and health conditions among children in impoverished areas of rural Mississippi. The basic needs of both Negro and white children for adequate growth and development are discussed. Health and physical…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Community Characteristics
Morrisson, Christian – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2002
It is generally agreed that spending on education and health is key to poverty reduction, but simply allocating more resources to these sectors does not ensure that poverty actually declines. On the basis of four in-depth case studies (on Indonesia, Madagascar, Peru and Tanzania) and three Technical Papers on malnutrition and primary education in…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Public Health
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2005
The Children's Budget is a comprehensive report on funding for children's services in Colorado. This report provides a six- year funding history for more than 50 programs funded with state, local, and federal dollars. The Colorado Children's Budget analyzes reductions in programs and services during the economic downturn. The data in the…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Children, Income