Journal Nine
1. Title: Hunger in Children in the United States: Potential Behavioral and Emotional Correlates
2. Authors: Ronald E. Kleinman, J. Michael Murphy, Michelle Little, Maria Pagano, Cheryl A. Wehler, Kenneth Regal, Michael S. Jellinek
3. Source: Kleinman, R. E., Murphy, J. M., Little, M., Pagano, M., Wehler, C. A., Regal, K., & Jellinek, M. S. (1998). Hunger in children in the United States: potential behavioral and emotional correlates. Pediatrics, 101(1), e3-e3.
4. Summary: A study by Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) shows that approximately 4 million children lack proper nutrition and experience hunger. The study examines the relationship between hunger and variables that effect school age children. Children from families that lack proper food and experience hunger, are at a greater risk of showing behavioral, emotional, and academic imbalances. The organization identifies that approximately eight percent of children under the age of 12 in the United States experience hunger and an additional twenty-one percent are at risk for hunger. The study revealed that children that lack proper nutrition and suffer from hunger are more likely to have higher levels of psychosocial dysfunction than children who are at risk for hunger or not hungry. The study also revealed that nearly all behavioral, emotional, and academic problems were more likely to occur in children who suffer from hunger or lack proper nutrition. …show more content…
What policy is being discussed? /Brief description of issue that prompted the policy response.
This article concentrates on the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP). This survey was originated when a private advocacy group got together and decided to identify and measure the food insufficiencies among children using a large scale survey from nine states and the District of
1. Title: Hunger in Children in the United States: Potential Behavioral and Emotional Correlates
2. Authors: Ronald E. Kleinman, J. Michael Murphy, Michelle Little, Maria Pagano, Cheryl A. Wehler, Kenneth Regal, Michael S. Jellinek
3. Source: Kleinman, R. E., Murphy, J. M., Little, M., Pagano, M., Wehler, C. A., Regal, K., & Jellinek, M. S. (1998). Hunger in children in the United States: potential behavioral and emotional correlates. Pediatrics, 101(1), e3-e3.
4. Summary: A study by Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) shows that approximately 4 million children lack proper nutrition and experience hunger. The study examines the relationship between hunger and variables that effect school age children. Children from families that lack proper food and experience hunger, are at a greater risk of showing behavioral, emotional, and academic imbalances. The organization identifies that approximately eight percent of children under the age of 12 in the United States experience hunger and an additional twenty-one percent are at risk for hunger. The study revealed that children that lack proper nutrition and suffer from hunger are more likely to have higher levels of psychosocial dysfunction than children who are at risk for hunger or not hungry. The study also revealed that nearly all behavioral, emotional, and academic problems were more likely to occur in children who suffer from hunger or lack proper nutrition. …show more content…
What policy is being discussed? /Brief description of issue that prompted the policy response.
This article concentrates on the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP). This survey was originated when a private advocacy group got together and decided to identify and measure the food insufficiencies among children using a large scale survey from nine states and the District of