Robert L. Hampton Livres

Aimed at providing a foundation for increasing the quantity and quality of physical and mental health care for children, this book describes the latest research and theories about family, school and community prevention and health-promotion programmes to improve the health status of children during the next decade. The contributors to this thought-provoking book identify innovative and empirically based preventive and health-promotion strategies that schools and communities can implement to enhance children's social, emotional and physical wellness.

Focusing on family relationship issues within black family life, this book brings together scholars from various social sciences to explore and redefine research in the field. It serves as both an essential introduction and a pioneering work that charts new directions for understanding family dynamics and violence in black communities.

Focusing on effective prevention service delivery models, this volume presents empirically based strategies to enhance children's development environments. The authors discuss strengthening family support, child-care systems, early childhood education, and school-based health programs to improve children's social, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Additionally, they emphasize the significance of theory-guided evaluation for program implementation and effective dissemination strategies, ensuring that well-designed programs can be successfully executed and shared.

The Second Edition delves into family and intimate violence, providing a comprehensive overview from its origins to assessment and treatment. It incorporates recent research findings and highlights contemporary scholarship by family researchers, offering valuable insights into the complexities of this critical issue.