Connecting Education, Welfare, and Health for American Families

Bibliographic Data

ID11257668
AuthorsBruce S Cooper (Fordham University), Janet D Mulvey (Pace University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume90
Issue5
Pages659-676
Publication date2015-10-20
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0161956x.2015.1087776
OpenAlexW2211702972
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

The relationship of education to social mobility, health, and socioeconomic stability is examined in this study. The central question is: how do educational access and attainment reduce poverty and increase social immersion in a system that affords opportunity for quality health care and economic prosperity? An historic perspective, related and compared to current conditions for those who live at or below the poverty line, highlights the extreme difficulties of overcoming the barriers that separate people from consistent quality education, access to quality health care, and the opportunity to move toward economic independence.The latest statistics showing the significance of socioeconomic status (SES) to cognitive development, educational achievement, healthy living, and social mobility are factors that have and continue to affect large portions of America's poor. The increase of early childhood programs is a beneficial first step in closing the achievement gap, but the physical and mental health problems plaguing the poor must be addressed if we are to reduce the poverty rate and improve educational opportunities for all children

Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Sociology · Welfare · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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