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ERIC Number: EJ433907
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-2089
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A Portrait of At-Risk Children.
Gore, Tipper
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, v2 n1 p95-105 Sum 1991
Social and economic problems facing U.S. children are reviewed, including poverty, hunger and homelessness, gaps in health and mental health services, infant mortality/morbidity, child abuse, drug use, and violence depicted in the mass media. Risk-taking behaviors that are children's responses and suggestions to remedy these problems are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services, Poverty, Public Policy, Social Problems, Urban Environment, Urban Problems, Welfare Services
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Speech presented at the National Conference on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (3rd, Nashville, TN, October 1-2, 1990).