Consolidating Social Achievements & Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Child Survival, Development & Protection in St. Kitts and Nevis. 1991-96 Situation Analysis of Children and Their Families.

Autor/inn/en	Halliday, Joseph; Harris, Vernon
Institution	United Nations Children's Fund, Christ Church (Barbados).
Titel	Consolidating Social Achievements & Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Child Survival, Development & Protection in St. Kitts and Nevis. 1991-96 Situation Analysis of Children and Their Families.
Quelle	(1997), (169 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Health; Child Welfare; Children; Demography; Elementary Secondary Education; Family (Sociological Unit); Females; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Socioeconomic Status; Well Being; Saint Kitts and Nevis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Child; Kind; Kinder; Demografie; Familie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	This report details an assessment of the state of children and their families in St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. The assessment was conducted by a team from St. Kitts in consultation with government officials and non-governmental organizations in St. Kitts and Nevis. Following an executive summary, the report's chapters are: (1) "Children and Their Socio-Economic Environment" (national context, demographic features, children and women as subjects of rights, gender equality, national economic performance and trends, government and social sector expenditure, policy formation and planning for children and women, other main actors of social change and development); (2) "Child Survival" (infant and child mortality, maternal mortality and morbidity, child morbidity and nutrition, immunopreventable diseases, morbidity, malnutrition, breastfeeding, environmental health, reproductive health, STDs and HIV/AIDS, review of policies and programs, unmet needs and new challenges); (3) "Child Development and Participation" (early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, adult education, causal analysis of problems, review of policies and programs, unmet needs and new challenges); and (4) "Child Protection" (children at risk; abused, neglected, and abandoned children; disabled children; drug abuse; unmet needs and new challenges.) The report concludes with priorities for action and a statistical annex. (EV)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC