Gabriela Sosa

RWS 1301
Dr. Salome
June 14, 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Center for Public Policy Priorities. 2016 State of Texas Children. Retrieved
from Center for Public Policy Priorities:
http://forabettertexas.org/sotc2016/
This webpage breaks down information into 6 different groups to better
simplify and explain the demographics, place, health education, and
even a concentration on women & girls. I will be using this site for my
paper because it allows me to see the information in a more kid
friendly manner, instead of large hard to understand words, and
statistics.
Collins, C. Texas Report Highlights Child Poverty, Racial Inequality. Retrieved
from Kera News: http://keranews.org/post/texas-report-highlights-childpoverty-racial-inequality
Kera news is a very well-known source in the political as well as
activists communities. Kera news covers and breaks down major
issues in the world as they happen. They are a very credible and
educated source. In the webpage cited, Courtney Collins highlights the
issue of child poverty and race inequality in Texas. She discusses
growth in poverty over the years. She discusses in detail the
breakdown of neighborhoods, suburbs and more urban areas as well as
a solution to the problem. I will be using this source towards my paper

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directly to examine closer the growth of poverty as well as the effect of
difference in neighborhoods makes.
Leiner, M., Marie, L., Hector, P., Ral, C., Carmen, A., Aparna, A., de Vargas, C.
(2012). Childrens mental health and collective violence: a binational study on
the United States-Mexico border. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica =
Pan American Journal of Public Health, 31(5), 411416.

This journal is an original research article by the Pan American board of

Public Health discussing the issue of children located on the U.S.Mexico border and the correlation between poverty and their mental
health issues. Since El Paso is literally the main entrance to Texas from
Mexico the research done will be very beneficial to my community
problem report. I will be using this source in my report to magnify the
relation between children's poor mental health and the poverty rates
on Texas borders.
McLaggan, C. Report: Child Poverty Increases in Texas. Retrieved from The
Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/03/report-texaschild-poverty-increases/
The Texas Tribune reports on current events throughout Texas as well
as surroundings areas. They are the New York Times equivalent for
Texas citizens if you will. Corrie MacLaggan discusses briefly in a short

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article the issue of Child poverty in Texas through the year of 2013.
She quotes excerpts from her interview with the Texas Kids Count
director where he states, Poverty is not destiny, but it certainly puts
kids off on the wrong foot. I will be using this source indirectly as well
to show that throughout 3 years we have yet to make any significant
change in the percentages of Child poverty throughout Texas.
National Center for Children in Poverty. Texas Demographics of Poor Children.
Retrieved from National Center for Children in Poverty:
http://www.nccp.org/profiles/TX_profile_7.html
This webpage gives an immense amount of information on the
demographics, statistics, census information, and definitions. The
National Center for Children in Poverty is a large public policy center
that works hand in hand with Colombia University and Mailman School
of Public Health. They are a very credible organization dedicated to
promoting the economic security, health and well-being of Americas
low-income families and children. In the webpage I cited above, NCCP
uses the Texas Demographic Files, to provide an in depth view of the
current standings and circumstances of children living in poverty in the
state of Texas. I will definitely be using this site for my report, it will
provide a much more concrete view on this issue.

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Dr. Salome
June 14, 2016
O'Hare, William P., "The forgotten fifth: child poverty in rural America" (2009).
The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. Paper
76. Pg 9-13
http://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/76
This journal from The Carsey Institute of the University of New
Hampshire covers child poverty levels as a nation, however the
emphasize a strong concentration on the South, Texas to be exact.
According to this article in 2009 the city with the highest percentage of
child poverty (under 18) was a small city located in central Texas;
Loving, TX, with 67%. I will be using this journal to express the issue of
poverty in Southern U.S.; Texas because they show that the Southern
region has the highest poverty levels of rural and urban children living
in poverty.
Progress, Center for American. (2016). Talk Poverty. Retrieved from Texas
2015: https://talkpoverty.org/state-year-report/texas-2015-report/
This source has the extremely specific ability to break down the
statistics and demographics of not only cities in Texas, but also
districts. You are able to enter any Texas zip code and receive poverty
rate by gender and age, as well as employment rates amongst men
and women. I will be using this source indirectly in my paper for
statistical information only. Talk poverty does not discuss too much on

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the issue of poverty, in reality it only puts a magnifying glass to it
because the numbers speak for themselves.