Sociology: family and relationships

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation's social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income families, called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with state-administered block grants, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

As the first real contraceptive innovation in over 20 years, and as a long-acting method requiring clinical intervention for application and removal, the implantable contraceptive Norplant has raised a wide range of issues that could offer valuable lessons about the problems to be addressed if other new contraceptive technologies are to enter the marketplace.

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society.

Do child care centers and family day care homes provide quality care for the children they serve?

This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.

Originally published in 1962, this was the first comprehensive study of a group of families often referred to as 'problem families'.

Few issues have aroused more heated public debate than that of day care for children of working parents.

Expectations for early learning are very different than they were even as recently as a decade ago.

The tragedy of child abuse and neglect is in the forefront of public attention.

Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.

More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth.

The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of dual-earner and single-adult families.

The feasibility and potential impact of so-called smart handguns has generated considerable public interest and debate.

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions.

This report constitutes one of the first activities of the Forum on Adolescence, a cross-cutting activity of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies.

Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous both to themselves and society at large.

The National Research Council (NRC) recently conducted several projects concerning urban poverty, racial disparities, and opportunities to change metropolitan areas in ways that have positive effects on residents' well-being.

This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility.

Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as the diagnosis of mental illness, the recognition of clinical risk, improving access to care, and coordinating with a broad range of outside agencies and entities around both prevention and public health efforts.

Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children.

With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in partnership with UNICEF and the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), held a workshop in Amman, Jordan, to explore topics related to investing in young children for peaceful societies.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is "e;just, equitable, and inclusive,"e; in which everyone receives care, education, and opportunities to thrive.

You thought your neighbours were bad?

An intimate portrait of London intellectual life, the breakdown of a marriage and the friendship between two women, 'What You Will' draws the reader into a spellbinding world of beauty and tension.

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents.

As the federal moratorium on rental eviction is set to expire on July 31st, 2021, actionable guidance is urgently needed on how to ensure that renters can stay in their homes and housing aid reaches the communities that need it most.

Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person's economic security, health and well-being.

Section 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger and food insecurity, and the characteristics of households with childhood hunger and food insecurity, with a particular focus on efforts to improve the knowledge base regarding contributing factors, geographic distribution, programmatic effectiveness, public health and medical costs, and consequences for child development, well-being, and educational attainment.

Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development.

Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous both to themselves and society at large.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation's social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income families, called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with state-administered block grants, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

As the first real contraceptive innovation in over 20 years, and as a long-acting method requiring clinical intervention for application and removal, the implantable contraceptive Norplant has raised a wide range of issues that could offer valuable lessons about the problems to be addressed if other new contraceptive technologies are to enter the marketplace.

This report constitutes one of the first activities of the Forum on Adolescence, a cross-cutting activity of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies.

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions.

The National Research Council (NRC) recently conducted several projects concerning urban poverty, racial disparities, and opportunities to change metropolitan areas in ways that have positive effects on residents' well-being.

Expectations for early learning are very different than they were even as recently as a decade ago.

Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.

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The feasibility and potential impact of so-called smart handguns has generated considerable public interest and debate.

This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility.

The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school agein health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for exampleplay a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems.

We are living in a time when baby showers are the most popular kind of party and when TV and movies abound with adorable babies and darling toddlers selling everything from soap to toilet paper.

In her previous book, Within Our Reach, renowned Harvard social analyst Lisbeth Schorr examined pilot social programs that were successful in helping disadvantaged youth and families.

A funny and heartfelt take on what getting married is all about, Something New takes readers from one couple''s engagement to their first anniversary.

ALLISON JAMES Globalization seems to be the word on everyone's lips, with politicians as much as academics extolling its benefits as well as its contradictions.