Intergenerational Social Mobility: The United States in Comparative PerspectiveFuture of Children - Tập 16 Số 2 - Trang 19-36 - 2006
Emily Beller, Michael Hout
Emily Beller and Michael Hout examine trends in U.S. social mobility, especially
as it relates to the degree to which a person's income or occupation depends on
his or her parents' background and to the independent contribution of economic
growth. They also compare U.S. social mobility with that in other countries.
They conclude that slower economic growth since 1975 and the concentration of
that ... hiện toàn bộ
The Consequences of Childhood Overweight and ObesityFuture of Children - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 47-67 - 2006
Stephen R. Daniels
Researchers are only gradually becoming aware of the gravity of the risk that
overweight and obesity pose for children's health. In this article Stephen
Daniels documents the heavy toll that the obesity epidemic is taking on the
health of the nation's children. He discusses both the immediate risks
associated with childhood obesity and the longer-term risk that obese children
and adolescents will ... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start ProgramFuture of Children - Tập 9 Số 1 - Trang 66 - 1999
Anne K. Duggan, Elizabeth McFarlane, Amy Windham, Charles A. Rohde, David S. Salkever, Loretta Fuddy, Lynn Rosenberg, Sharon B. Buchbinder, Calvin Sia
Prevention and Drug TreatmentFuture of Children - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 147-168 - 2009
Mark F. Testa, Brenda D. Smith
Evidence linking alcohol and other drug abuse with child maltreatment,
particularly neglect, is strong. But does substance abuse cause maltreatment?
According to Mark Testa and Brenda Smith, such co-occurring risk factors as
parental depression, social isolation, homelessness, or domestic violence may be
more directly responsible than substance abuse itself for maltreatment.
Interventions to preve... hiện toàn bộ
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with Parent Training: Evidence and OpportunitiesFuture of Children - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 95-118 - 2009
Richard P. Barth
Researchers have identified four common co-occurring parental risk
factors—substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, and child conduct
problems—that lead to child maltreatment. The extent to which maltreatment
prevention programs must directly address these risk factors to improve
responsiveness to parenting programs or can directly focus on improving
parenting skills, says Richard Barth... hiện toàn bộ
Civic Engagement and the Transition to AdulthoodFuture of Children - Tập 20 Số 1 - Trang 159-179 - 2010
Constance A. Flanagan, Peter Levine
Constance Flanagan and Peter Levine survey research on civic engagement among
U.S. adolescents and young adults. Civic engagement, they say, is important both
for the functioning of democracies and for the growth and maturation it
encourages in young adults, but opportunities for civic engagement are not
evenly distributed by social class or race and ethnicity. Today's young adults,
note the autho... hiện toàn bộ