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The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development (Hardcover, New)
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The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Library of Psychology
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Over 15 million children live in families subsisting below the
federal poverty level, and there are nearly 4 million more children
living in poverty today than in the turn of the 21st century. When
compared to their more affluent counterparts, children living in
fragile circumstances-including homeless children, children in
foster care, and children living in families affected by chronic
physical or mental health problems-are more likely to have low
academic achievement, to drop out of school, and to have health and
behavioral problems. The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child
Development provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms
through which socioeconomic, cultural, familial, and
community-level factors impact the early and long-term cognitive,
neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of
children living in poverty. Leading contributors from various
disciplines review basic and applied multidisciplinary research and
propose questions and answers regarding the short and long-term
impact of poverty, contexts and policies on child developmental
trajectories. In addition, the book features analyses involving
diverse children of all ages, particularly those from understudied
groups (e.g. Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, immigrants) and
those from understudied geographic areas (e.g., the rural U.S;
international humanitarian settings). Each of the 7 sections begins
with an overview of basic biological and behavioral research on
child development and poverty, followed by applied analyses of
contemporary issues that are currently at the heart of public
debates on child health and well-being, and concluded with
suggestions for policy reform. Through collaborative,
interdisciplinary research, this book identifies the most pressing
scientific issues involving poverty and child development, and
offers new ideas and research questions that could lead us to
develop a new science of research that is multidisciplinary,
longitudinal, and that embraces an ecological approach to the study
of child development.
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