Poverty in the United States : women's voices / Ann O'Leary, Paula M. Frew, editors.
"Explores the deep relationships between poverty, health/mental health conditions, and widespread problems as they affect the lives of low-income women. A robust source of both empirical findings and first-person descriptions by poor women of their living conditions, it exposes cyclical pattern...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "Explores the deep relationships between poverty, health/mental health conditions, and widespread problems as they affect the lives of low-income women. A robust source of both empirical findings and first-person descriptions by poor women of their living conditions, it exposes cyclical patterns of structural and environmental stressors contributing to impaired physical and mental health. Psychological conditions (notably depression and PTSD), substance use and abuse, domestic and gun-related violence, relationship instability, and hunger in low-income communities, especially among women of color, are discussed in detail. In terms of solutions, the book's contributors identify areas for major policy reform and make potent recommendations for community outreach, wide-scale intervention, and sustained advocacy"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3319438336 9783319438337 |