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Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this
book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read
style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett,
Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics
and experts in the fields of health policy and economic
development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to
meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to
build this commitment, covering: evidence regarding the links
between health, economic development and household poverty evidence
on the extent to which health care systems address the needs of the
poor and the near poor innovative measures to make health care
interventions widely available to the poor. Current and topical,
this book is of great relevance to policy makers and practitioners
in the field of international health and development and
researchers engaged with global health and poverty as well as being
ideal reading for students of international health and development.
Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this
book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read
style of this burgeoning field of research.
In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together
essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health
policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for
political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the
development of strategies to build this commitment, covering:
- evidence regarding the links between health, economic
development and household poverty
- evidence on the extent to which health care systems address the
needs of the poor and the near poor
- innovative measures to make health care interventions widely
available to the poor.
Current and topical, this book is of great relevance to policy
makers and practitioners in the field of international health and
development and researchersengaged with global health and poverty
as well as being ideal reading for students of international health
and development.
Raised in a foundling home and now proprietor of a successful club,
Gabriel Cadieux hasn't ever been welcomed by polite society. But
when he discovers he's the legitimate heir to a dukedom, he must
make a choice: accept the debt-ridden title and the trappings of
the peerage who shunned him or decline and leave his six rebellious
half sisters to fend for themselves. As much as he hates the idea,
Gabriel can't abandon his siblings, even if it means making a deal
with the most frustrating-and aggravatingly beautiful-woman he's
ever met. Vivienne Tremeer storms into Cadieux's club with one
thing on her mind: get the loathsome owner to discharge her
brother's gambling debts. So when Gabriel offers her a trade-if
she'll teach his wild sisters the ways of the ton, he'll clear the
notes-she has no choice but to accept. But with her reputation
already on a knife's edge, falling for the duke could cause the
scandal of the season.
New ideas on the role of the state in developing countries have
considerable implications for the social sectors, especially
health. Certain international organizations have advocated a larger
role for private sector health care providers and many developing
country governments have adopted this approach. Yet, until now,
very little evidence has existed about how shifting the balance
between public and private roles might affect equity, and the
quality and efficiency of health care. This book presents the
results from a coordinated programme of research on the private
health care sector including studies carried out by Asian, African
and Latin American researchers. The conceptual chapters draw upon
both industrialized and developing country literature to describe
the intellectual terrain, analyse the key issues and summarize
experience to date. This book will help increase understanding of
the private sector, as well as illustrating the contentious issues
involved in privatization. It will be useful to students and
academics involved in international public health courses, and to
health policy makers in developing countries.
Does assigning fifty math problems accomplish any more than
assigning five? Is memorizing word lists the best way to increase
vocabulary--especially when it takes away from reading time? And
what is the real purpose behind those devilish dioramas?
The time our children spend doing homework has skyrocketed in
recent years. Parents spend countless hours cajoling their kids to
complete such assignments--often without considering whether or not
they serve any worthwhile purpose. Even many teachers are in the
dark: Only one of the hundreds the authors interviewed and surveyed
had ever taken a course specifically on homework during training.
The truth, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish, is that
there is almost no evidence that homework helps elementary school
students achieve academic success and little evidence that it helps
older students. Yet the nightly burden is taking a serious toll on
America's families. It robs children of the sleep, play, and
exercise time they need for proper physical, emotional, and
neurological development. And it is a hidden cause of the childhood
obesity epidemic, creating a nation of homework potatoes.
In The Case Against Homework, Bennett and Kalish draw on academic
research, interviews with educators, parents, and kids, and their
own experience as parents and successful homework reformers to
offer detailed advice to frustrated parents. You'll find out which
assignments advance learning and which are time-wasters, how to set
priorities when your child comes home with an overstuffed backpack,
how to talk and write to teachers and school administrators in
persuasive, nonconfrontational ways, and how to rally other parents
to help restore balance in your children's lives.
Empowering, practical, and rigorously researched, The Case Against
Homework shows how too much work is having a negative effect on our
children's achievement and development and gives us the tools and
tactics we need to advocate for change. Also available as an eBook
From the Hardcover edition.
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