Life-Course Implications of Us Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367897604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 140 str.

Janet M. Wilmoth; Andrew S. London

Opis

In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and social class.

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Foreword   Jennifer Karas Montez  Preface  Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London  1. An Introduction to Life Course Perspectives on Public Policies  Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London  2. Process, Policy and Unintended Consequences: The Life Course Patterning of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage  Dale Dannefer and Chengming Han  3. Structural Sexism and Life Course Health: Implications for Public Policy  Patricia Homan  4. Wealth Policy as Health Policy: A Population Aging Perspective and Racial Equity Perspective  Courtney Boen  5. Understanding the Role of Housing Policy in Life-Course Health: HUD Rental Assistance and Health Outcomes for Children and Adults   Andrew Fenelon  6. U.S. Food and Nutrition Policy Across the Life Course  Colleen Heflin  7. Crime and Delinquency over the Life Course: Adolescence, Peers, and Policy  Jason P. Robey and Michael Massoglia  8. Immigration Policies and the Health of the Older Foreign-Born in the United States Zoya Gubernskaya  9. The Future of Long-term Care in the Latino Population: Where Will the Burden Fall?  Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine M. Rote  10. How Social Policies Affect Grandparent Care Work  Madonna Harrington Meyer and Amra Kandic  11. Social Policies for Older Workers  Debra Street and Áine Ní Léime