exam 1 Flashcards
Positive Rights
Subsistence rights or welfare rights, requires some people to give up something of economic value in order to satisfy the legitimate need of others, ie education, highest attainable standard of health and access to medical services, adequate standard of living
Negative Rights
Are option right or rights of forbearance, the right to be left alone, ie respect for parents to provide direction the the child in the exercise of his or her rights, legal protection against arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy family or home life
State versus Federal rights
State - legal rights, removal of a neglected child from his or her home
federal- child abuse and neglect legislation, the right to a free, public education for all handicapped children, the right to a barrier-free children adolescents with disabilities.
Industrial-Redistributive model
Offers universal services outside of the market economy resources are distributed according to the principle of equity based need, benefits are awarded to the people who are least well off.
Principles of distributive justice:
Societies need rules for the fair allocation of resources like health care or education that requires economic resources
What are some reasons that there is generous governmental support for the older population in Europe and the U.S.?
Based on the view that past social contributions of seniors entitle them to current social benefits
List challenges to the full expression of the rights of children
They cannot make claims on their own behalf and it is left up to the parent or guardian to look after the child’s best interests
Sheppard-Towner Act
is the maternity and infancy act which authorized grants to states if the states established a child welfare or child hygiene agency.
The Battered Child Syndrome
article published in 1962 by kempe, first brought to attention possible child abuse from a parental figure at the infants home
Medicare
provides coverage for short term hospitalization and medical services to the older population, financed through employment and taxes
Medicaid
a program that provides insurance and assistance for the poor, involves joint federal and state financing
WIC
special supplemental food program for women, infants and children. Provides supplemental food nutrition education and access to medical care.
Head Start
provides an intellectually stimulation and healthy environment for preschool children in centers established for that purpose
The Emergency Maternity and Infant Care Program (EMI)
with the onset of world war 2 with so many soldiers gone from home there were many wife’s left home who needed maternity care. congress approved additional funds for EMI from general revenues states were not required to match. It paid for the wives of servicemen E-4 and below
Eligibility criteria for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, & Children
Low income pregnant women, nursing mothers , infants and children who are considered at nutritional risk
Nuclear Family
family units consisting of parents and their children, or of childless couples
No extended family
Extended Family
not considered in the nuclear family but related
U.S. Bureau of the Census definition of low income
100-199% of the current poverty level,
The child poverty rate in the U.S
reached 20.7% in 2009 or 15.5 million children
List 3 significant changes in families that have resulted in shaking the foundation of families over the last 3 decades
Age of marriage and first child has increased, Divorce rates have gone up, both parents working, less people have health insurance
List 3 factors responsible for the increase in the number of one-parent households in the U.S.
Divorce,war, sluts, whores, alcohol and drugs which lead to unwed mothers
shift in societies acceptance of unwed mothers.
List 3 likely reasons why Hispanic children are much less likely than other children to have any form of health insurance coverage
Lack of awareness of eligibility, language barriers, enrollment problems and fear of repercussions for using publicly funded insurance
The Principles of Life Course Theory
5 defining principles and three temporal concepts
Principle of Life Span Development
Health and well being is a life long process
