Our children at risk / produced, written, and Directed by Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Weisberg, Roger.

Contributor:

Public Policy Productions, Inc.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maternal and infant welfare--United States.

Medicaid.

Medical policy--United States--Finance.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1992.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Our Children At Risk examines why millions of today's young children may fail to reach their full developmental potential and considers the positive steps the U.S. can take to address this crisis. The program features families with young children who are going hungry and foregoing necessary medical care as well as children whose development is threatened by the destructive forces of poverty. Child advocates explore cost effective ways to ensure that all children get off to a healthy start. Among the experts interviewed are Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Harvard Medical School, and Marian Wright Edelman, the Children s Defense Fund. As Walter Cronkite concludes, "the cost of reaching these children may be daunting, but the cost of failing to reach our children at risk is more than our society can possibly afford.".

Notes:

Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 1993

American Journal of Nursing Film Festival, 1992

Red Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992

Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1992

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

OCLC:

747798928