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The Cost of Being Poor Poverty, Lead Poisoning, and Policy Implementation
Jeanita W. Richardson
ISBN: 0-275-96912-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96912-7
222 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/2005
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Social problems, such as childhood lead poisoning, do not occur in a vacuum. As such, the definition of the problem requires a holistic examination of the broad social, political, and economic influences that create and perpetuate the issue of concern. Richardson does this with eloquence and heart. She also investigates the attitudes various groups have held toward the Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (Title X). In doing so, she reveals much about the attitudes officials hold in general toward problems affecting poor communities and demonstrates how these attitudes directly affect policymaking and policy enforcement.

The social consequences of lead poisoning analyzed in this volume fall into the following categories:
  • Housing
  • Health
  • Education
  • Policy-making
  • Legal Challenges
The Cost of Being Poor would be useful to individuals in the fields of public health, policy, education, and law. Furthermore, this work would be of special use to educators, who would benefit from familiarity with lead poisoning as a factor in their students' lives and from becoming aware that there are options that poisoned children have to improve their situation. The first step necessary in eliminating social problems is to understand the nature of the problem. This study is a step in that direction.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Policy, Poverty and Poisoning: What can we learn from implementation studies?
    A Look Back at Lead
    Title X Implementation in Richmond, VA
    Lead in the Family
    On Behalf of the Poor: A Study of Title X Implementation
About the Author: JEANITA W. RICHARDSON is Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Virginia State University.
LCC Class: 615
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