Child Care in Context

Child Care in Context
Author: Michael E. Lamb
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317760077

Child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this unique book characterizes child care in 18 countries on five continents. Specific historical roots and the current social contexts of child care are delineated in industrialized as well as in developing countries. To increase the depth of crosscultural analysis and integration, commentators from countries and disciplines other than the authors comment on the issues raised in each chapter.

Federal Evaluations

Federal Evaluations
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1008
Release:
Genre: Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN:

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

Precision Public Health

Precision Public Health
Author: Tarun Weeramanthri
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2018-06-25
Genre:
ISBN: 2889455017

Precision Public Health is a new and rapidly evolving field, that examines the application of new technologies to public health policy and practice. It draws on a broad range of disciplines including genomics, spatial data, data linkage, epidemiology, health informatics, big data, predictive analytics and communications. The hope is that these new technologies will strengthen preventive health, improve access to health care, and reach disadvantaged populations in all areas of the world. But what are the downsides and what are the risks, and how can we ensure the benefits flow to those population groups most in need, rather than simply to those individuals who can afford to pay? This is the first collection of theoretical frameworks, analyses of empirical data, and case studies to be assembled on this topic, published to stimulate debate and promote collaborative work.

Who Will Mind the Baby?

Who Will Mind the Baby?
Author: Kim England
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005-08-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1134817002

One of the most significant social and economic changes of recent years has been the explosion in the number of mothers in the work place and in paid employment generally. Child care policy, provision and funding has in no way kept up with this change. Who Will Mind the Baby? explores how working mothers negotiate their responsibilities in the face of these difficulties. The book contrasts the limited child care policies of the United States and Canada with the more advanced situation in Europe and Australia, focusing in particular on the coping strategies of working mothers.