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The Relation Between Health Ratings Of Seventh And Eighth Grade School Children And Their Family Social And Economic Backgrounds, Brigham City, Utah, 1935-36, Ralph Jenson Jr.

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Especially during the last century the health of school children has been a problem of deep concern. Many physical examinations have been given by numerous organizations with the intention of discovering organic disorders that might be detrimental to a child's normal social life. As a result of such study, humanity has generally come to recognize the social and economic costs of ill-health and has embarked on remedial and preventive campaigns to improve the well-being of children. Foundations have been endowed. Free clinics have been established to serve those families whose incomes prohibit them from securing medical services otherwise; county, city …

Foster Home Care For Dependent Children, Frances Marie Coffey

Bachelors’ Theses

The child placing movement is a recognized branch of social service, and it should be studied as a system to promote juvenile welfare and as a section of sociology.

The family is the fundamental and elementary organism of society. It, in order to be complete, must be composed of parents and children. his social unit is too often broken up by various social elements, which leave the children in distress and danger.