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social problem [1 record]

Record 1 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
CONT

There are no easy answers to the complex problem of childhood violence. Because a disproportionate number of its victims are poor and African American, the issue overlaps with many other social problems: youth unemployment, welfare, racism, failing schools ... drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and single-parent households.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Les services communautaires dispensés par les travailleuses sociales et les travailleurs sociaux visent à répondre aux besoins communautaires d'une collectivité : soutenir le développement de services et de ressources dans et par les communautés locales, prévenir l'apparition de problèmes sociaux, contrer l'exclusion ou la marginalisation de communautés vulnérables [...]

Spanish

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