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Child care providers' experiences caring for sick children: Implications for public policy
Heymann, Jody, 2002
Early Child Development and Care, 172(1), 1-8

An examination of the experiences of preschool and school age child care providers with the care of sick children, based on interviews with public, private, and home-based providers in Cambridge, an urban area in the northeastern United States

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The impact of AIDS on early childhood care and education
Heymann, Jody, 2003
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 14). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

An analysis of the impact of the AIDS epidemic on early childhood care and education.

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The impact of parental working conditions on school-age children: The case of evening work
Heymann, Jody, 2001
Community, Work & Family, 4(3), 305-325

An examintion of parental evening work on the home environment of school-age children based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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The impact of welfare reform on parents' ability to care for their children's health
Heymann, Jody, 1999
American Journal of Public Health, 89(4), 502-505

A study of the conditions faced by mothers who leave welfare to work and the availability of work benefits that address the children’s health needs, such as paid sick leave and flexible hours

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Low-income parents: How do working conditions affect their opportunity to help school age children at risk?
Heymann, Jody, 2000
American Educational Research Journal, 37(4), 833-848

An inquiry into the link between parents’ working conditions and their ability to help their at-risk children, based on a sample of 1,898 families with at-risk children where mothers worked more than 20 hours per week, taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Mother and Child Surveys (NLSY)

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Outdated working conditions and inadequate social supports: The impact on children
Heymann, Jody, 2000
In The Widening Gap: Why America's Working Families Are in Jeopardy and What Can be Done About It (pp. 39-66). New York: Basic Books.

A discussion of the influence of a parent’s working condition and level of community and governmental support on their children’s health, education, and development

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Parental availability for the care of sick children
Heymann, Jody, 1996
Pediatrics, 98(2), 226-230

A study of employed parents, especially mothers’ staggeringly increased entry and reentry into the workforce over the past decades, and their availability to care for their sick children, for instance the availability of paid leave, with results collected through analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the National Medical Expenditure Survey

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Role of early childhood care and education in ensuring equal opportunity
Heymann, Jody, 2003
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 18). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A comparison of factors related to access to early childhood education in Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, and Vietnam

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School children in families with young children: Educational opportunities at risk
Heymann, Jody, 2003
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 10). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A discussion of how the availability of early childhood care and education for children birth to five years of age may impact on later school attendance and study habits among six to fourteen year olds

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Social transformations and their implications for the global demand for ECE
Heymann, Jody, 2002
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 8). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A summary of several social demographic forces transforming the demand for early child care services around the world

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What happens during and after school: Conditions faced by working parents living in poverty and their school aged children
Heymann, Jody, 2000
Journal of Children & Poverty, 6(1), 5-20

An examination of the influence of working conditions faced by low-income urban working parents on the care their school-aged children receive and the quality and quantity of parental involvement in their children’s education and development, based on in-depth, semistructured interviews with 74 families with school-age children, and with teachers at all public after school programs in the city studied

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The work-family balance: What hurdles are parents leaving welfare likely to confront?
Heymann, Jody, 1998
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 17(2), 313-321

A study of the comparative working conditions faced by parents leaving welfare seeking balance between work and child care and the work conditions faced by parents who never received Aid to Families with Dependent Children provisions through analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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Working parents: What factors are involved in their ability to take time off from work when their children are sick?
Heymann, Jody, 1999
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 153(8), 870-874

A study on the leave a parent has from work in order to take care of a sick child using data from the Baltimore Parenthood Study

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