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This book provides an examination of contraceptive social marketing. It includes a description of these programs, documenting a form of international assistance that has attracted over $1 billion from governments and other donors.

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"Beyond childcare theories and early childhood gurus, here is how children have actually been raised in America over the last four centuries. From wet nurses and Southern mammys, settlement houses and"

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This compendium provides an orientation to basic issues of child and family policy. Examinations of the federal Baby Doe regulations and AIDS education policy in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, public schools highlight policy implementation.

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This compendium provides an orientation to basic issues of child and family policy. Examinations of the federal Baby Doe regulations and AIDS education policy in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, public schools highlight policy implementation.

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In recent years there has been a growing trend towards increased communication among members of the adoption triad. This unique study investigates the consequences of openness in adoption, as practiced by several adoption agencies.

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This overview of various national policies and programs is intended for students and scholars, policymakers and public administrators dealing with fundamental problems in homeownership and control.

Ownership and control has long been a central theme in the heated public debates in different countries over housing policy.

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This in-depth exploration uses individual portraits to show what parents face as they love and care for their mentally ill children and cope with how the mental health system has failed them.

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Since the Garden of Eden, humanity has been concerned with shelter. Yet housing means different things to different people. This is a historical reference guide that reviews housing concepts and issues. It covers current literature in housing from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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A hard hitting look at our troubled society, the intergenerational cycle of crime and criminal families and the women who have the power to change things for the better - if we let them.

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Subsequent chapters discuss issues in the failure to report child abuse, the regulation of professional misconduct, the role of professional organizations in protecting the child, sexual abuse in child care, lawsuits and disciplinary proceedings, and strategies for organizations in the protection of children.

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Aimed at childcare workers, this introductory textbook covers the processes of child protection, the context of child abuse and the legal framework as it affects practising childcare workers.

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This thought-provoking work raises important questions about sex offender laws, drawing from personal stories, research, and data to prove the policies promote fear, destroy lives, and fail to protect children.

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Advises how to identify the telltale signs of child abuse and what actions to take, explaining the procedures endorsed by district attorneys and prosecutors.

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Reforming Social Security is sure to disturb ideologues from all parts of the political spectrum, because of its frank willingness to expose the costs of different approaches as well as the self-interest so often pursued by interest groups, political actors, and Social Security experts.

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Emphasizing the role of residential choice and its relationship to satisfaction, eleven essays consider sociological, psychological, and geographical aspects of where people live. Self-help building projects, symbolic values, social interactions between neighbors, the effect of neighborhood reputati

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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective.

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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Now in its third edition, this widely acclaimed resource provides an honest and detailed guide for adoptees and their birthparents. Drawing from personal experience as well as from extensive research, author Jayne Askin presents creative ways to overcome obstacles and attack problems that occur during the search process.

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