Articles by Joint Center
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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Activity Limitation
This brief examines the rates of activity limitation among children under the age of 18 who are African American, Hispanic or white. The data analyzed in this brief relate to…
Vital To Our Recovery Nonprofits and Foundations in These Difficult Times
For nearly 16 years, Paul Martodam has helped Catholic Charities assist people throughout Phoenix with food, shelter, and many other parts of daily life. Vital_Recovery_1.pdf
The Harlem Children’s Zone: Revitalizing Our Nation Through Education
The unprecedented scale and success of the Harlem Children’s Zone Project in closing the achievement gap has elicited curiosity around the world. Harlem_Child_Zone_0.pdf
Principles to Address the Needs of African Americans and Communities of Color in Climate Change Legislation
Page One Climate change clearly represents a threat to the environment, but, for millions of people of color in the United States, it is also one more manifestation of how…
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unmet Dental Care Needs
To provide fuller detail on disparities in child health, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies analyzed selected child health indicators [low birthweight, health status (excellent, very good, good,…
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Disparities in Low Birthweight
To provide fuller detail on disparities in child health, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies undertook an examination of how selected child health indicators vary by sociodemographic characteristics…
First Things First: Identifying Best Practices to Improve Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes
Retrospective studies have been largely reassuring that fathers play a vital role in the family unit structure. Paternal_Involvement_1.pdf
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Asthma
To provide fuller detail on disparities in child health, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies undertook an examination of how selected child health indicators (low birthweight, health status…
Barack Obama: The First Black President
Though few of us had ever predicted it would happen in our lifetimes, the United States now has an African American President—the son of a black Kenyan and a white…
Asset Building in Low-Income Communities of Color, Part 1
This report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies presents findings from the first year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color…