This estimate does not include neonatal health care costs. Direct neonatal health care costs attributable to maternal smoking that were paid by Medicaid in 1996 are estimated to be more than $227 million. ... Hence, as they enter a new decade and a new century, reducing national smoking rates in pregnancy remains a national public health priority. ...
Hispanics that work minimum paying jobs are endangered when they have children because they are responsible for financially taking care of another life. ... Patlan became discouraged and stopped caring about his grades and school work. ... Another is a parent-partner program, which helps parents use government systems, including the county's Children and Youth Services, Juvenile Probation, and Mental Health/Mental Retardation services. ...
As a consequence, schools are expected to focus on the whole child; this means, not only to teach and make students learn, but also to take care of the student´s well-being and healthy development. This is why they have health services, psychological counselling and student guidance. ...
"The process of identity development for GLB has been found to be strongly related to psychological adjustment; the more positive the gay lesbian or bisexual identity, the better ones mental health and the higher one's self esteem (Hollander, 2000)." ... The same child that the family has loved, cared for, and protected since birth. ... The organization's mission is to promote the health and well being of GLB persons, support their family and friends through to cope with an adverse society, educate to enlighten an ill-formed public, advocate to end discrimination, and to secure equ...
Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as...
The supreme ambition of every Filipino family, therefore, is to send every child to college regardless of the sacrifices it might entail on the part of at least one of the children, preferably the oldest child, should get a college degree so that he or she can take care of a younger sibling's college education, who in turn can assume the obligation of supporting the next younger sibling's education. ...
