About Children - Hardcover

Every once in a while a book presents itself in such a way that it captures the essence of society for a particular segment of culture at a given point in time. That is the case with About Children - a documentary in print offering a multifaceted portrait of today's children. About Children features insightful essays from renowned authorities on over 40 key facets of life for children in America. This tabloid-formatted book will be hardcover, and also features access to a password-protected Web site with useful PowerPoint presentations. This is a project of The Collaborating Centers for Child and Family Health Research, a joint venture of the Social Science Research Center of Mississippi State University and the Center for Child Health Research of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Arthur G. Cosby, PhD, is a professor of sociology and director and research fellow at the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University, as well as the founding director of the Mississippi Health Policy Research Center. He lives in Starkville, Mississippi. Robert E. Greenberg, MD, is professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He has been the chair of pediatrics at both Charles Drew/Martin Luther King Medical Center and the University of New Mexico. He lives in Corrales, New Mexico. Linda Hill Southward, PhD., is a research scientist with the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University and the coordinator of the university's Family & Children Research Unit. She is also the university's liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics' Center for Child Health Research and the former president of the Mississippi chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. She lives in Starkville, Mississippi. Michael Weitzman, MD, is the executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Center for Child Health Research and the professor and associate chairman of pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is the former director of general pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Rochester General Hospital. He lives in Rochester, New York.