Intersections of Children's Health, Education, and Welfare [Hardcover]

Children need more than just good schooling: they require safe lives, good health, and sufficient resources to live and grow successfully in their community. This book makes this vital connection, as society must promote a quality education, available health services, and financial equity and opportunity for all.PART I: INTRODUCING THE PROBLEMS Connecting Health and Education: Improving the Lives of All Children Serving Dropouts: Who Are They and What Can Be Done? PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE DISCONNECTIONS Higher Education Is Not for Everyone Connecting & Comparing Education with Health Service Connecting Good Healthcare to Educational Attainment Education Relates to Income and Life-Chances Adult Education Everywhere for Everyone Health Education Centers: Teaching for Wellness Health, Education, and the Community PART III: RECONNECTING HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD Connecting Early Childcare, Health, and School Preparation Can 'Separate But Equal' Schools Work? Intersecting Health, Education and Well-Being: The Future

An important and timely analysis of how the trinity of health, education, and welfare is essential for every child's growth and development in today's world. The authors explore the disconnect in our policy-making and provide well-supported arguments for alternative community-based models that will improve the quality of life of our children and society at large. - Mary Riggs Cohen, PhD, author of Social Literacy

This book offers a compelling case that shows the generational interconnected effects of health, education, and income, and it provides guidelines for improving the well-being of children on all three fronts. - Edwin M. Bridges, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University