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Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, Health Disparities in Youth and Families offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal--and protective--factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal variables,...

Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, Health Disparities in Youth and Families offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal--and protective--factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal variables,...

"Las aventuras de Pinocho" es una obra literaria escrita por el autor italiano Carlo Collodi. Fue publicado en Italia en el periodico "Giornale per i bambini" desde 1882 hasta 1883, con los titulos "Storia di un Burattino" ("Historia de un titere"), y es una de las obras mas leidas a nivel mundial. El libro consta de treinta capitulos y comienza con el conocido "erase una vez...." Impregnado de invencion y extraordinarios hallazgos, el libro dedica los dos primeros capitulos a contarnos como fue el maestro Ciliegia (cereza por el color de su nariz), siendo carpintero encuentra un trozo de...

Prosocial behavior--broadly defined as voluntary action intended to help or benefit another--has been associated with positive outcomes across the lifespan. Children with a more prosocial orientation are better liked and trusted by their peers, have a higher status in peer groups, are better at maintaining friendships, demonstrate better self regulation, empathy, and social cognitive skills, and excel in academics. Researchers have shown that prosocial behaviors correlate to lower rates of school suspension and drop-out, teen pregnancy, substance use, aggression, and delinquency. These...