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Children of Unwed Teen Mothers: Reasons, Outcomes and Solutions
Most studies conclude that children of single parents are at a disadvantage. . . . This paper looks in particular at the most disadvantaged demographic in this subset: teenage never-married mothers. I am focusing on this ...
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Poverty: A Human Perspective
The three countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Jamaica) bear testamony to the importance of the health system and provided real world examples of how the AIDS epidemic exploits a nation's shortcomings on a variety of ...
"Scared Sick": Poverty And Childhood Trauma Intervention
Childhood trauma, which disrupts brain development, is disproportionately common in poor families. Current interventions focus on two main protective factors, parental attachment and creative expressiveness, which often ...
Transient Children in the Education System
Transient children confront many disadvantages, and the reverberating effects influence all areas of their life. With higher levels of disease, more emotional disturbances, unstable and often inadequate living conditions, ...