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The challenges of offering relationship and marriage education to low‐income populations
Author(s) -
Ooms Theodora,
Wilson Pamela
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00052.x
Subject(s) - relationship education , curriculum , low income , government (linguistics) , economic growth , class (philosophy) , sociology , public relations , political science , psychology , social psychology , economics , socioeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
Relationship and marriage education has been primarily developed for and offered to middle‐class committed couples. Increasing government funding of these programs raises questions about the extent to which these curricula and programs need to be adapted for low‐income populations. We review the limited body of relevant research and program experience to identify the challenges and guiding principles that need to be addressed when offering these programs to more diverse populations.