America's social health : putting social issues back on the public agenda /
Miringoff, Marque-Luisa, 1947-
America's social health : putting social issues back on the public agenda / Marque-Luisa Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008. - 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-213) and index.
Introduction -- We can do better : toward a new public dialogue on social health -- Shaping everyday discourse : the news media and social issues -- Social reports : institutionalizing the reporting of social indicators -- Measuring social health : the Index of social health and the National Survey of Social Health -- Social indicators for children -- Social indicators for youth -- Social indicators for adults -- Social indicators for the elderly -- Social indicators for all ages -- Conclusion.
9780765616739 (cloth : alk. paper) 0765616734 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007023511
Social indicators--United States.
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States--Social policy--1993-
HN 60 .M56 2008
America's social health : putting social issues back on the public agenda / Marque-Luisa Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008. - 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-213) and index.
Introduction -- We can do better : toward a new public dialogue on social health -- Shaping everyday discourse : the news media and social issues -- Social reports : institutionalizing the reporting of social indicators -- Measuring social health : the Index of social health and the National Survey of Social Health -- Social indicators for children -- Social indicators for youth -- Social indicators for adults -- Social indicators for the elderly -- Social indicators for all ages -- Conclusion.
9780765616739 (cloth : alk. paper) 0765616734 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007023511
Social indicators--United States.
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States--Social policy--1993-
HN 60 .M56 2008