Within Our Reach Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage,9780385242448

Within Our Reach Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage

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ISBN13: 9780385242448
ISBN10: 0385242441
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1989-05-01
Publisher(s): Anchor
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Summary

In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
William Julius Wilson
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xvii
The High Cost of Rotten Outcomes
1(22)
The Risk Factors
23(10)
Fewer Early and Unplanned Pregnancies
33(31)
Brighter Beginnings Through Improved Prenatal Care
64(21)
Child Health Services That Make a Difference
85(26)
Reforming National Health Policies
111(29)
Strengthening Families from Outside
140(39)
The Care and Education of Young Children: Inseparable Combination
179(36)
Schools, Balance Wheel of the Social Machinery
215(41)
The Lessons of Successful Programs
256(28)
Intensive Interventions for Populations at Highest Risk
284(7)
Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage
291(4)
Notes 295(60)
Bibliography 355(28)
Index 383

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