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UNCENSORED
Volume 4.1
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Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Life
By Lee Erica Elder
The State and Future of Mental and Child Health Care in the United States
Though overall statistics for maternal and child health care (or MCH, as public health advocates refer to the field) have improved in the U.S. since the 1990s, the numbers here still lag behind those in other countries; the infant mortality rate is more than twice that of nations such as Japan and Sweden, according to a new study by the Institute of Medicine. In general, health care access—or its lack—shapes the lives of mothers and children, and those who are homeless or living in poverty are the least likely to receive adequate treatment.
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Lives in Transition
By Carol Ward
Santa Barbara's Transition House Gives Homeless Families a Path to Independence
This article focuses on one place, Santa Barbara’s Transition House, looking in-depth at its mission, its nuts and bolts, and the bravery and determination of its residents, as well as the challenges they face. We think that readers will find here “the universal in the particular,” illuminations of common concerns in the stories of a few.
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Cluster-site Housing in New York City
An ICPH Policy Brief
About 45% of facilities housing homeless families, as of December 2011, were in hotels or facilities called cluster-site housing. The services received by families placed in these facilities, and the quality of the housing they are provided, vary greatly and are often inadequate.
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