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The American Family-A Factual Background-Report of the Inter-. Agency Committee on Background Materials, National Conference on Family Life, May, 1948, Washington: U. S. Gov. Ptg. Office, 1949. 457 pp. Price, $1.25. This volume was prepared by an interdepartmental committee of Government agencies to provide background material for the National Conference on Family Life, held in Washington May 5-8, 1948. The overall objective of the conference was " to discover specific means by which the American family may be strengthened for the benefit of its individual members and society." Seven sections devoted to one aspect of family life are collected in this volume. These deal with basic family and population statistics, the family in our economy, education and -the family, family health, housing, the legal status of the family, and income maintenance and social services. The text is supplemented by numerous tables and references to other sources. It is a truism to say that the family is a basic social unit of health and disease. What this means is clearly evident to public health workers as they go about their daily task. At the same time it is of importance to recognize that the family as a social entity
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: Jun 1, 1950
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