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 InfoArmonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008.
Description255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-213) and index.
LCCN 2007023511
ISBN9780765616739 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0765616734 (cloth : alk. paper)