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Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Women and Poverty

Author : Heather E. Bullock
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118378776
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Women and Poverty written by Heather E. Bullock and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women's experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels. Provides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women's poverty Uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship Documents women's experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels Discusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality

Women, Health, and Poverty

Author : Cesar A. Perales
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780866566841
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Women, Health, and Poverty written by Cesar A. Perales and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical new volume takes a hard look at the well-being of poor women in North America. It provides a rare opportunity to focus on one of the most pressing, but neglected social issues of our time--the injurious health consequences of impoverishment among women. A distinguished group of experts reviews the adequacy of our social and health policies and comments on a wide range of issues relating to poverty, gender, and health. Topics include the diversity in the population of poor women, the health and safety conditions of the work environments of working-poor, and factors that influence health conditions among poor and racial/ethnic women.

Poverty in the United States

Author : Ann O'Leary
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319438336
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Poverty in the United States written by Ann O'Leary and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important text explores the deep relationships between poverty, health/mental health conditions, and widespread social problems as they affect the lives of low-income women. A robust source of both empirical findings and first-person descriptions by poor women of their living conditions, it exposes cyclical patterns of structural and environmental stressors contributing to impaired physical and mental health. Psychological conditions (notably depression and PTSD), substance use and abuse, domestic and gun-related violence, relationship instability, and hunger in low-income communities, especially among women of color, are discussed in detail. In terms of solutions, the book’s contributors identify areas for major policy reform and make potent recommendations for community outreach, wide-scale intervention, and sustained advocacy. Among the topics covered:• The intersection of women’s health and poverty.• Poverty, personal experiences of violence, and mental health.• The role of social support for women living in poverty.• The logic of exchange sex among women living in poverty.• Physical safety and neighborhood issues.• Exploring the complex intersections between housing environments and health behaviors among women living in poverty. A stark reminder that health should be considered a basic human right, Poverty in the United States: Women's Voices is a necessary reference for research professionals particularly interested in women’s studies, HIV/AIDS prevention, poverty, and social policy.

Women's Health & Poverty

Author : Hilary Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Women's Health & Poverty written by Hilary Graham and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women, Work, and Poverty

Author : Heidi I. Hartmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135803234
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Women, Work, and Poverty written by Heidi I. Hartmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how welfare reform has affected women living at the poverty level Women, Work, and Poverty presents the latest information on women living at or below the poverty level and the changes that need to be made in public policy to allow them to rise above their economic hardships. Using a wide range of research methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups, small-scale surveys, and analysis of personnel records, the book explores different aspects of women’s poverty since the passage of the 1986 welfare reform bill. Anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and social workers examine marriage, divorce, children and child care, employment and work schedules, disabilities, mental health, and education, and look at income support programs, such as welfare and unemployment insurance. Women, Work, and Poverty illuminates the changes in the causes of women’s poverty following welfare reform in the United States, using up-to-date research that’s both qualitative and quantitative. Taking racial and ethnic diversity into account, the book’s contributors examine new findings on the feminization of poverty, the role of children and the lack of child care as an obstacle to employment, labor market policies that can reduce poverty and improve gender wage equality, sex and race segregation in the labor market, and the low quality of jobs available to low income women. Women, Work, and Poverty examines: marriage, motherhood, and work pay equity and living wage reforms community resources welfare status and child care acquiring higher education advancing women of color income security repaying debt after divorce gender differences in spendable income women’s job loss Women, Work, and Poverty is an invaluable aid for academics working in social work, social policy, women’s studies, economics, sociology, and political science, and for policy researchers, anti-poverty activists, and women’s leaders.

Women, Health and Poverty

Author : Sarah Payne
Publisher : Harvester/Wheatsheaf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Women, Health and Poverty written by Sarah Payne and published by Harvester/Wheatsheaf. This book was released on 1991 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the relationship between women's poverty and health, looking at causes and ways of measurement and including a discussion of the oppression of women and mental health.

Women and Poverty in 21st Century America

Author : Paula vW. Dáil
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648814X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Women and Poverty in 21st Century America written by Paula vW. Dáil and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite an overhaul in the 1990s, the American welfare system remains with a business model focused on the bottom line. Crafted by male-dominated legislative bodies whose members most likely never had to choose between paying the rent or feeding their kids, established policies primarily protect the popular programs that ensure politicians' re-election. This book offers a feminist perspective on the 21st century attitude toward poverty, illustrated by the words of women forced to live every day with social policies they had no voice in developing. Topics include the struggles of daily life, crime, health care, education, employment, and a discussion of capitalism, inequality, greed, and moral obligation in a free society. In the unrestrained pursuit of wealth, this work shows that America has created a vast poverty problem, making the rich richer and forcing the poor into a forgotten class.

A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309483980
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.

Women, Health and the Family

Author : Hilary Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Women, Health and the Family written by Hilary Graham and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Poverty and Place

Author : Anjanette Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498522009
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Poverty and Place written by Anjanette Wells and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bookexamines ways in which cancer health disparities exist due to class and context inequities even in the most advanced society of the world. This volume, while articulating health disparities in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area, including East St. Louis, Illinois, seeks to move beyond deficit models to focus on health equity. As cancer disparities continue to persist for low-income and women of color, the promotion and attainment of health equity becomes a matter of paramount importance. The volume demonstrates the importance of place and the historical inequity in socio-environmental settings that have contributed to marked health disparities. Through original research, this volume demonstrates that addressing the causes and contributors to women’s health disparities is a complex process that requires intervention from a socio-ecological framework, at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of influence. The book highlights critical aspects of a practical multidimensional model of community engagement with important influences of the various levels of research, policy and practice. More pointedly, the authors support a new model of community engagement that focuses on individuals in their broader ecological context. In so doing, they seek to advance the art and science of community engagement and collaboration, while disavowing the ‘parachute’ model of research, policy and practice that reinforces and sustains the problems associated with the status quo. The bookconcludes with broader national policy considerations in the face of the erosion of the social safety net for America’s citizenry.

Too Little, Too Late

Author : Cesar A. Perales
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Too Little, Too Late written by Cesar A. Perales and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women's Health and Poverty Alleviation in India

Author : Katia Sarla Mohindra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788171887149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Women's Health and Poverty Alleviation in India written by Katia Sarla Mohindra and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty and ill health are intertwined; therefore, social responses need to address the links between the two. There has been increasing attention paid towards the role of microcredit as a poverty alleviation strategy (that especially targets women), yet little scrutiny of how microcredit may influence population health in general and women`s health in particular. In this book, we ask: can microcredit be considered a pro-health poverty alleviation strategy for women? Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the linkages between poverty alleviation and women`s health are investigated from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The theoretical perspective draws upon Amartya Sen`s capability approach and population health models and theories. The empirical perspective is based on a study examining female participation in self help groups (a form of microcredit) and their health in the South Indian state of Kerala.

The Turnaway Study

Author : Diana Greene Foster
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982141573
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Turnaway Study written by Diana Greene Foster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now with a new afterword by the author"--Back cover.

The Effects of Poverty and Employment on Women's Health, Barriers to Care, and Healthcare Utilization Patterns

Author : Shawn M. Kneipp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Effects of Poverty and Employment on Women's Health, Barriers to Care, and Healthcare Utilization Patterns written by Shawn M. Kneipp and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well-documented that low-income women experience more difficulty accessing healthcare services and are at risk for poorer health status than higher-income women. Studies also suggest mothers working the low-wage labor market are less likely to have any paid time off work and more difficulty making time for obtaining healthcare services. The healthcare service utilization patterns of women by poverty and employment may therefore vary, and reflect differences in barriers to care and health status. Yet, research examining the effects of poverty and employment on barriers to care, health status, and utilization patterns for women in general and low-income single-mothers in particular is lacking.

Women's Choices and the Risk of Poverty

Author : Sharon Warner Methvin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815330493
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Women's Choices and the Risk of Poverty written by Sharon Warner Methvin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care policy and proposals for national health care reform have become some of the most contentious political issues of the decade. Garland Publishing announces a new series addressing the most significant issues in the area of health care policy and the business of health care in the United States. books in this multidisciplinary series will include studies of health care practice, the health care business, the implications of multicultural perspectives on health care for public policy, the impact of insurance on health care, and debates over national health care policy, including health care reform. This collection of timely works will offer significant scholarly perspectives on one of the most important issues in public policy.Identifies five kinds of povertyThis study chronicles the lives of 47 Oklahoma women and their experiences with poverty. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the author examines the relationship between the age at which a woman first gives birth, her marital status then and later in life, and her corresponding risk for entering and exiting poverty. Five categories of women in poverty are identified in the research: Welfare Dependent, Cyclers, Combiners, Temporary Poverty, and Self Sufficient. The author illustrates each type of poverty through insightful case studies which include quotes from the ethnographic interviews and quantitative analysis. The book addresses a variety of the women's experiences, ranging from sexual activity, contraceptive practices, and intimate relationships to their straggles as primary caretakers dealing with education, employment, and government assistance.Discusses feminization of povertyThe study finds thatmany women shift between welfare dependency and husband dependency because of occupational segregation, primary child-rearing responsibilities, and other cultural factors. The research describes the relationships between low wages for women, their marriage and education

Women, Poverty, and AIDS

Author : Paul Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Women, Poverty, and AIDS written by Paul Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The face of AIDS is increasingly that of a woman: in some regions, women already constitute the majority of those infected. This book overviews the status of women in the global AIDS pandemic, and analyzes large-scale economic, political, and cultural forces that continue to place millions of women at increased risk for HIV infection. Case studies; charts; glossary; bibliography.