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Caspar, Emma, Ed. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2010
The purpose of "Focus" is to provide coverage of poverty-related research, events, and issues, and to acquaint a large audience with the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty by means of short essays on selected pieces of research. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Progress toward Improving the U.S. Poverty Measure:…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Poverty, Low Income Groups, Economic Factors
Field, Tiffany; Hernandez-Reif, Maria; Freedman, Julia – Society for Research in Child Development, 2004
In the United States, approximately 12% of infants are born preterm and 8% are born low birthweight. Prematurity and low birthweight have been associated with "high risk" pregnancies (poor prenatal care, maternal smoking or drug use, illness or disease) and other factors, such as maternal depression and/or elevated stress hormone levels.…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Stimulation, Therapy, Early Intervention