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| TERMINATION OF A PREGNANCY BY SPONTANEOUS OR INDUCED EXPULSION OF A HUMAN FETUS DURING THE FIRST 12 WKS OF GESTATION |
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| THE ACTION OF TAKING A CHILD BY CHOICE INTO A RELATIONSHIP; TO TAKE VOLUNTARILY AS ONE'S OWN CHILD |
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| CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) |
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| THE BASIC INDICATOR OF INFLATION - A MEASUREMENT OF INFLATION BY COMPARISON OF PRICES OVERALL AND OF CATEGORIES OF CONSUMED GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASED BY URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD |
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| A SITUATION OF HARDSHIP AND STRUGGLER; IT MAY BE TRANSIENT OR EPISODIC AND CAN RESULT FROM LACK OF EMPLOYMENT, LACK OF EDUCATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR SIMILAR ISSUES |
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| THE BELIEFS AND PERSPECTIVE THAT A SOCIETY VALUES |
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| EFFORT TO MOVE LONG-TERM PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND BACK INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY |
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| NUMBER OF YEARS FROM MENARCHE |
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| ONE WHO LACKS A FIXED, REGULAR, AND ADEQUATE ADDRESS OR HAS A PRIMARY NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE IN A SUPERVISED PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPERATED SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS |
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| BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 LBS |
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| ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND TO ADAPT TO CHANGE AND COPE W/ ADVERSITY |
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| REFERS TO ALL DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL DISORDERS, IT CAN AFFECT PERSONS OF ALL AGES, RACE, CULTURES, SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, AND EDUCATIONAL LEVELS AND PERSONS OF BOTH GENDERS |
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| REFERS TO SPATIALLY DEFINED AREAS OF HIGH POVERTY, CHARACTERIZED BY DILAPIDATED HOUSING AND HIGH LEVELS OF UMEMPLOYMENT |
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| REFERS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO REMAIN POOR FOR LONG PERIODS |
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| REFERS TO HAVING INSUFFIECIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MEET BASIC LIVING EXPENSES |
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| SUFFERING FROM A DESTRUCTIVE OR INJURIOUS SEXUAL ACTION |
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| WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) |
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| A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS; IT PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS FOODS THAT ADD TO THE DIETS OF PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 5 YRS |
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| A VIOLENT PHYSICAL OR VERBAL ATTACK |
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| ACTIVE FORMS OF MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN |
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| PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL NEGLECT; |
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| EXTREME DEBASEMENT OF A PERSON'S FEELINGS SO THAT HE OR SHE FEELS INEPT, UNCARED FOR, AND WORTHLESS |
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| THE OMISSION OF THE BASIC NURTURING, ACCEPTANCE, AND CARING ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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| A KILLING OF ONE HUMAN BEING BY ANOTHER |
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| SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS, TYPICALLY A PARENT AND A CHILD |
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| THE FAILURE OF A CAREGIVER TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL |
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| A FORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST OLDER MEMBERS |
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| ONE OR MORE EPISODE OF PHYSICAL AGGRESSION OFTEN RESULTING IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE INTERNAL ORGANS, BONES, CNS, OR SENSE ORGANS |
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| FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FOOD, PROPER, CLOTHING, SHELTER, HYGIENE, OR NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE |
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| SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FORCED ON AN UNWILLING PERSON BY THREAT OF BODILY INJURY LOSS OF LIFE |
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| COERCED SEXUAL ACTS RANGING FROM FONDLING TO RAPE OR SEXUAL DEGRADUATION |
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| SPOUSE ABUSE; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; WIFE ABUSE |
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| PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR SEXUAL MISTREATMENT OF A PARTNER OR FORMER PARTNER (INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE |
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| THE ACT OR AN INSTANCE OF TAKING YOUR OWN LIFE VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY |
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| NONACCIDENTAL ACTS, INTERPERSONAL OR INTRAPERSONAL, THAT RESULT IN PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY TO ONE OR MORE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED |
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