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Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism
Shifting Healthcare Landscapes in Maya Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism is the first collection of its kind to explore the contemporary terrain of healthcare in Guatemala through reflective ethnography. This volume offers a nuanced portrait of the effects of healthcare privatization for indigenous Maya people, who have historically...
Troubled Youth, Troubled Families
Understanding Families at Risk for Adolescent Maltreatment
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The 1970s witnessed a growing concern and awareness regarding child abuse, an awareness which gradually extended to include the maltreatment of adolescents. In the 1980s a number of intervention projects dealing with this particular problem were started. Troubled Youth, Troubled Families is one of the first full-length reports to deal with adolescent abuse.
Adoption, Race, and Identity
From Infancy to Young Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Adoption, Race, and Identity is a long-range study of the impact of interracial adoption on those adopted and their families. Initiated in 1972, it was continued in 1979, 1984, and 1991. Cumulatively, these four phases trace the subjects from early childhood into young adulthood. This is the only...
A Safety Net That Works
Improving Federal Programs for Low-Income Americans
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area’s successes and recommending how to address shortcomings through policy change. In general, our means-tested programs do many things...
Politics Of The Mind
Marxism and Mental Distress
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Mental ill health has become one of the key 'public issues' of the 21st century. According to the World Health Organization, depression currently affects 350 million people. Politics of the Mind: Marxism and Mental Distress looks at the link between the economic and political system under which we...
Inside Indian Schools
The Enigma of Equity and Quality
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
After 70 years after independence, the tragic reality of Indian schools is that who we are, where we live, how much we earn and our gender influences the kind of education we will get. In this collection of essays the author explores the contours of a school system that is facing a crisis of legitimacy....
Child Abuse in the Deep South
Geographical Modifiers of Abuse Characteristics
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
The recognition of child abuse as a troubling social and public health problem along with the documentation required by mandatory reporting laws have made possible the epidemiological investigation of risk factors association with child abuse. Child Abuse in the Deep South is a study of physical and...
Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault
Perspectives on What Works
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black interview practitioners from more than fifty dating violence and sexual assault programs across the United States to provide a unique resource for effective teen dating violence prevention. Enhancing existing research with the shared wisdom of the nation's prevention...
Land and Cultural Survival
The Communal Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Development in Asia faces a crucial issue: the right of indigenous peoples to build a better life while protecting their ancestral lands and cultural identity. An intimate relationship with land expressed in communal ownership has shaped and sustained these cultures over time. But now, public and...
Constituting Human Rights
Global Civil Society and the Society of Democratic States
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Global civil society and the society of democratic states are the two most inclusive and powerful global practices of our time. In this book, Frost claims that, without an understanding of the role that individual human rights play in these practices, no adequate understanding of any major feature...
Grandfathers
Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and analyse the impact of close involvement with their grandchildren. Within the context of increased divorce rates, single parent...
Alerta Barcelona
Adiós a la ciudad autocomplaciente
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Las grandes ciudades son las verdaderas propulsoras del crecimiento económico y de la creatividad en el mundo, por encima de estados y fronteras. Barcelona no ha parado de escalar posiciones y de afianzar su prestigio, hasta que cierta autocomplacencia colectiva ha erosionado su éxito.
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Parental conflict
Outcomes and interventions for children and families
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
There is increasing government recognition of the importance of early family experiences on individuals in the long term and of how inter-parental conflict influences children’s development. Recognition of the role of such factors early in life is key to helping both policy makers and practitioners...
by Inmaculada Gallardo Muñoz, Maria del Rocío Guardeño Ligero
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Capacitar a los cuidadores para que sepan adaptar y aplicar las técnicas de higiene personal, analizando las características de los usuarios, e identificando las condiciones higiénicas que debe cumplir el entorno de los mismos. Aplicar las técnicas higiénico-sanitarias del entorno del usuario,...