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Women’S Health Disparities And Midwifery Care: Spotlight On Maine, Dorothy Hiersteiner
Women’S Health Disparities And Midwifery Care: Spotlight On Maine, Dorothy Hiersteiner
Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
With a large percentage of its population living in rural areas, Maine faces obstacles to providing adequate prenatal and maternity care to many women. The vast majority (96.2%) of Maine residents are non-Hispanic white, 1.2% are African American/black, 1.4% are Hispanic and 1.2% have other racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Subgroups Of The Homeless: Street Kids, Bruce Clary, James Harrod, Rachel Olney
Subgroups Of The Homeless: Street Kids, Bruce Clary, James Harrod, Rachel Olney
New England Journal of Public Policy
Street kids are a feature of many cities, but only recently have they been included among the homeless. They were defined as runaways, throwaways, or youth in crisis. They had a place to live, even if it was a foster or group home or an institutional setting. However, many are without shelter at one time or another and face the same problems as the chronic homeless: the need for food and shelter, avoidance of victimization, and help for personal problems. In 1988, the National Institute of Mental Health funded three national demonstration projects on adolescent homelessness. We report findings from …