America's social health : putting social issues back on the public agenda / Marque-Luisa Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke.
| Author/creator | Miringoff, Marque-Luisa, 1947- |
| Other author | Opdycke, Sandra. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008. |
| Description | 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-213) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007023511 |
| ISBN | 9780765616739 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0765616734 (cloth : alk. paper) |