This book examines how black children, who grow up in an impoverished environment, construct their social reality and why this process is a particularly critical factor in their perception and creation of self. It argues that black disadvantaged children develop a lifestyle and adopt values based on an identity grounded in racism, inequality, violence and poverty. This text contributes to the scholarship by investigating the phenomena of poverty from cognitive, linguistic and experiential perspectives in the lives of disadvantaged black adolescents.

Drawing on data from three separate studies that involved interviews with and observations of youths in community and service centers, offers an initial design for a program to help young, at-risk African-American males. Finds the studies to agree on the importance of caring relationships and philos

Percy gave 12 school-aged children living in a homeless shelter cameras, told them to take pictures of whatever was special to them, and interviewed them in depth about the photographs. She found that the younger children describe playing and being with special people as most important, and that the

Health care policy and proposals for national health care reform have become some of the most contentious political issues of the decade. Garland Publishing announces a new series addressing the most significant issues in the area of health care policy and the business of health care in the United States. books in this multidisciplinary series will include studies of health care practice, the health care business, the implications of multicultural perspectives on health care for public policy, the impact of insurance on health care, and debates over national health care policy, including...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Examines the plight of minority children taken from inner cities and placed in foster care in rural areas. Based on case studies, interviews, observation, and secondary sources, shows how they become confused and afraid, are subject to traumatic emotional states, and are often diagnosed with emotio

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Health care policy and proposals for national health care reform have become some of the most contentious political issues of the decade. Garland Publishing announces a new series addressing the most significant issues in the area of health care policy and the business of health care in the United States. books in this multidisciplinary series will include studies of health care practice, the health care business, the implications of multicultural perspectives on health care for public policy, the impact of insurance on health care, and debates over national health care policy, including...

First published in 1942. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Using data from the US census and various child welfare and social welfare organizations, the author demonstrates how economic, population, and child welfare policy vary from state to state and influence child social well-being outcomes.