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Deal, Lisa W.; Shiono, Patricia H.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 1998
Reviews the changes managed health care has brought to the delivery and use of medical services and recommends specific steps that will make the existing system more responsive to the needs of children. Systemwide health care reforms must give children stable medical care that emphasizes preventive health and developmental services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, Health Services
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Gomby, Deanna S.; Culross, Patti L.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 1999
This theme issue provides a summary of six evaluations of home-visiting models that have been implemented nationally. These model programs represent home-visiting programs across the country that help parents provide children with the best start in life. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Early Intervention, Home Visits, Models
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Deal, Lisa W.; Gomby, Deanna S.; Zippiroli, Lorraine; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 2000
Analyzes preventive strategies to reduce childhood injuries through education, environmental change, and enforcement of legislation and regulation, offering recommendations for steps to reduce the toll of injuries on children's lives. After discussing the magnitude, trends, and costs associated with childhood injuries and models for prevention,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Child Health, Children, Environmental Influences
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Shields, Margie K.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 2000
Examines how computer use affects children's development, disparities between rich and poor, and how computers enhance learning, noting risks and benefits. Recommendations to improve computer access and use at home and school include: researchers must study the effects of extended computer use on child development, and parents should limit the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Child Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research
Bass, Sandra; Shields, Margie K.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 2004
This paper focuses on the challenges of helping children after abuse and neglect has occurred by strengthening the web of supports for children and families in foster care. It examines the current state of the foster care system and finds that it is really not a cohesive system but a combination of many overlapping and interacting agencies, all…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Neglect