Pages related to poverty

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The United Nations — the 8 Millennium Development Goals

February 12, 2013

The United Nations is working toward making eight goals come to fruition by 2015. 

Poverty in America

SRCD issues policy brief on children and poverty

February 04, 2013

Poverty in childhood, especially deep poverty, is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems, and these problems persist into adulthood. The Society for Research in Child Development created a policy brief on the subject. 

NIH

New podcasts available

from NICHD
September 25, 2012

The NICHD Research Perspectives, a monthly podcast, provides updates on the latest scientific findings from the institute.

NIH

News from NIH

on poverty and child development
September 18, 2012

The US Department of Health and Human Services just released a report titled “Stresses of poverty may impair learning ability in young children.” 

from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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10:45 am - Noon | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 11:30 am, those who wish to discuss posters 416-01 through 416-02 will move to the Curtis A Room.

Poster Session 9

POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Health Issues. POSTER TOPICS: Therapy/Counseling; Substance Abuse/Addictions; Challenges of Parents and Adolescents; Challenges of Young Adults
from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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11:45 am - 1:00 pm | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 12:30 pm, those who wish to discuss posters 222-01 through 222-03 will move to the Curtis A Room.

Poster Session 5

POSTER SYMPOSIUM - Social Support and Resources Influenced on Familial Issues. POSTER TOPICS: Mate Selection, Dating, Gender/Roles; Relationships; Intergenerational Issues; Resiliency

Opportunity in America

the disadvantages start at conception
March 27, 2012

In this piece Isabel Sawhill covers the cumulative disadvantages that children living in poverty must surmount.

Population Reference Bureau

Population Reference Bureau

New publication on U.S. Economic and Social Trends
January 17, 2012

The Population Reference Bureau has just released a new bulletin titled, A Post-recession Update on U.S. Social and Economic Trends.