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Food Stamp And School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity In Rural America, Kristin Smith, Sarah Savage Jul 2007

Food Stamp And School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity In Rural America, Kristin Smith, Sarah Savage

Carsey Publications

The Food Stamp and the School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and describes characteristics of beneficiaries of these federal nutrition assistance programs.


Low Wages Prevalent In Direct Care And Child Care Workforce, Kristin Smith, Reagan A. Baughman Jun 2007

Low Wages Prevalent In Direct Care And Child Care Workforce, Kristin Smith, Reagan A. Baughman

Carsey Publications

The large-scale movement of women into the paid labor market has brought sweeping change into family life and also in who cares for the elderly and children. This brief studies workers in two low wage, predominantly female care-giving occupations plagued with high turnover, direct care workers and child care workers. It provides a better understanding of how they fare when compared with other female workers and discusses factors that contribute to their continued employment.


Expert: New Birth Control That Eliminates Periods Is A Bad Idea, Lori Wright May 2007

Expert: New Birth Control That Eliminates Periods Is A Bad Idea, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Expert Available To Discuss Impact Of Jerry Falwell, Lori Wright May 2007

Expert Available To Discuss Impact Of Jerry Falwell, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Unh Faculty Receive Top Honors, Erika Mantz May 2007

Unh Faculty Receive Top Honors, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Rural Children Increasingly Rely On Medicaid And State Child Health Insurance Programs For Medical Care, William P. O'Hare May 2007

Rural Children Increasingly Rely On Medicaid And State Child Health Insurance Programs For Medical Care, William P. O'Hare

Carsey Publications

Despite a flurry of reports on health insurance coverage for children, virtually none of them have examined the unique situation of rural families where one-fifth of all the nation's poor children live. This brief takes an in-depth look at the health insurance programs, such as SCHIP and Medicaid, which rural children rely on for medical care.


Review Of Quixote’S Ghost: The Right, The Liberati, And The Future Of Social Policy, Stephen Pimpare May 2007

Review Of Quixote’S Ghost: The Right, The Liberati, And The Future Of Social Policy, Stephen Pimpare

Business, Politics & Security Studies Faculty Scholarship

Book review of David Stoesz, Quixote's Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. $ 35.00 hardcover.


School Terrorism Topic Of Unh Event Thursday, April 19, Lori Wright Apr 2007

School Terrorism Topic Of Unh Event Thursday, April 19, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Unh Welcomes 'Dean Of Death' To Discuss Schoolyard Terrorism April 19, Lori Wright Apr 2007

Unh Welcomes 'Dean Of Death' To Discuss Schoolyard Terrorism April 19, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Latest Nationwide Child Maltreatment Statistics Show Continuing Decline, Lori Wright Apr 2007

Latest Nationwide Child Maltreatment Statistics Show Continuing Decline, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Investigating The Effect Of Diet On Nutrient Concentration In Eggs: How Your Breakfast Might Be Healthier Than You Think, Gwen Stewart Apr 2007

Investigating The Effect Of Diet On Nutrient Concentration In Eggs: How Your Breakfast Might Be Healthier Than You Think, Gwen Stewart

Inquiry Journal 2007

No abstract provided.


Stress And Occupation: Summer Research On The Road, Lindsey Wetteland Apr 2007

Stress And Occupation: Summer Research On The Road, Lindsey Wetteland

Inquiry Journal 2007

No abstract provided.


New England Has The Highest Increase In Income Disparity In The Nation, Ross Gittell, Jason Rudokas Apr 2007

New England Has The Highest Increase In Income Disparity In The Nation, Ross Gittell, Jason Rudokas

Carsey Publications

Income inequality in New England is rising at the highest rate in the nation, this brief finds. Between 1989 and 2004, the region experienced the largest increase in income inequality in the country, due to both growth among top earners and the hollowing out of the middle class caused by significant changes in the nation's economy.


Department Of Justice To Commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Joan Larocca Mar 2007

Department Of Justice To Commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Joan Larocca

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


N.H. Boasts Nation's Third-Highest Insurance Rate For Children: Carsey Report Looks At Success Of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, Amy Seif, Beth Potier Mar 2007

N.H. Boasts Nation's Third-Highest Insurance Rate For Children: Carsey Report Looks At Success Of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, Amy Seif, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Children's Health Insurance In New Hampshire: An Analysis Of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, Sally Ward, Sarah Savage, Nena F. Stracuzzi Mar 2007

Children's Health Insurance In New Hampshire: An Analysis Of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, Sally Ward, Sarah Savage, Nena F. Stracuzzi

Carsey Publications

New Hampshire has been successful in achieving one of the lowest uninsurance rates for children in the country - 6 percent in 2005 (U.S. Census Bureau). The extent to which New Hampshire Healthy Kids has contributed to the state's success in achieving this low rate is the focus of this brief.


Due To Popular Demand, Unh Welcomes Back Former Penobscot Chief March 26, Lori Wright Mar 2007

Due To Popular Demand, Unh Welcomes Back Former Penobscot Chief March 26, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 37 (March 6, 2007), The New Hampshire Mar 2007

The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 37 (March 6, 2007), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 96, but it is the 97th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 35 (Feb. 27, 2007), The New Hampshire Feb 2007

The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 35 (Feb. 27, 2007), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 96, but it is the 97th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Experts Available To Comment On Growing Conflict In U.S. Episcopal Church Over Gay Marriage And Ordination, Lori Wright Feb 2007

Experts Available To Comment On Growing Conflict In U.S. Episcopal Church Over Gay Marriage And Ordination, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


The Changing Faces Of New England: Increasing Spatial And Racial Diversity, Kenneth M. Johnson Feb 2007

The Changing Faces Of New England: Increasing Spatial And Racial Diversity, Kenneth M. Johnson

Carsey Publications

New England is growing more slowly than the rest of the nation. The region is becoming more racially diverse, and demographic trends contrast sharply between northern and southern New England and metropolitan and rural areas. New England's population stood at 14,270,000 in July 2006, marking a gain of just 2.5 percent since 2000, less than half the rate.


Religion Expert: Lent Offers Important Cultural And Liturgical Marker For Catholics, Lori Wright Feb 2007

Religion Expert: Lent Offers Important Cultural And Liturgical Marker For Catholics, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 30 (Feb. 9, 2007), The New Hampshire Feb 2007

The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 30 (Feb. 9, 2007), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 96, but it is the 97th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 29 (Feb. 6, 2007), The New Hampshire Feb 2007

The New Hampshire, Vol. 96 [97], No. 29 (Feb. 6, 2007), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 96, but it is the 97th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Researchers Identify Widespread "Poly-Victim" Syndrome Among Children, Lori Wright Jan 2007

Researchers Identify Widespread "Poly-Victim" Syndrome Among Children, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


University Of New Hampshire 17th For Medium Schools With Peace Corps Alumni, Jody Record Jan 2007

University Of New Hampshire 17th For Medium Schools With Peace Corps Alumni, Jody Record

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


New Book Explores Role Of Catholic Church Throughout The World, Lori Wright Jan 2007

New Book Explores Role Of Catholic Church Throughout The World, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Rights And Health: Democracy's Dilemma In The United States, John W. Seavey, Robert J. Mcgrath Jan 2007

Rights And Health: Democracy's Dilemma In The United States, John W. Seavey, Robert J. Mcgrath

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.


Are You Voting For Democracy?, Andrew Long Jan 2007

Are You Voting For Democracy?, Andrew Long

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.


Freedom And Svoboda: What Does Freedom Mean, Andrew D. Mckernan Jan 2007

Freedom And Svoboda: What Does Freedom Mean, Andrew D. Mckernan

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.