title: Children and poverty: America's future at risk.
abstract: Growing numbers of America's children are living in poverty, deprived of their most basic needs for security, support, and a healthy future. Nurses can become part of the solution to this urgent problem by identifying poverty as a practice concern.
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authors: Malloy
mesh_terms: D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005522:Food Services; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States