| Description |
xiii, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The health effects of social and economic policy : the promise and challenge for research and policy / James S. House ... [et al.] -- Education and health : evaluating theories and evidence / David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney -- Health effects of human development policies / Daniel P. Keating and Sharon Z. Simonton -- Income support policies and health among the elderly / Pamela Herd, James S. House, and Robert F. Schoeni -- Did the introduction of food stamps affect birth outcomes in California? / Janet Currie and Enrico Moretti -- Lifting gates, lengthening lives : did civil rights policies improve the health of African American women in the 1960s and 1970s? / George A. Kaplan, Nalini Ranjit, and Sarah A. Burgard -- |
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Macroeconomic conditions, health, and government policy / Christopher J. Ruhm -- The new employment contract and worker health in the United States / Richard H. Price and Sarah A. Burgard -- Welfare reform and indirect impacts on health / Marianne P. Bitler and Hilary W. Hoynes -- The effects of welfare and child support policies on maternal health and well-being / Jean Knab, Irv Garfinkel, and Sara McLanahan -- Residential environments and obesity : what can we learn about policy interventions from observational studies? / Jeffrey D. Morenoff ... [et al.] -- Are some neighborhoods better for child health than others? / Rebecca C. Fauth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Social and economic policies as health policy : moving toward a new approach to improving health in America / Harold Pollack ... [et al.]. |
| Subject |
Medical policy -- United States.
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Social policy -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Economic policy -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Public health -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Public health -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Health Policy -- United States. |
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Health Status -- United States. |
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Public Health -- United States. |
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Public Policy -- United States. |
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Socioeconomic Factors -- United States. |
| Added Author |
Schoeni, Robert F.
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Russell Sage Foundation.
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| ISBN |
9780871547477 (alk. paper) |
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0871547473 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101313240 |
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IG# 9780871547477 |
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NLGGC 317766368 |
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NZ1 11646559 |
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