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Publication Date: 1993
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Opportunity to Learn: The Health Connection.
Jackson, Shirley A.
Journal of Negro Education, v62 n3 p377-93 Sum 1993
Reviews the following health issues related to the opportunity to learn for poor African-American and other minority children: (1) inadequate prenatal care; (2) malnutrition; (3) childhood diseases and illnesses; (4) unsafe environments and violence; (5) teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and AIDS; (6) substance use and abuse; and (7) mental and emotional health problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Child Health, Disadvantaged Youth, Diseases, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Needs, Health Services, Mental Health, Minority Group Children, Nutrition, Poverty, Prenatal Influences, Sexuality, Substance Abuse, Violence
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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