Welfare and Social Support Programs
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What is welfare?

Welfare refers to government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.

What does the International Labour Organization define as social security?

The International Labour Organization defines social security as covering support for those in old age, support for the maintenance of children, medical treatment, parental and sick leave, unemployment and disability benefits, and support for sufferers of occupational injury.

What is the difference between social security and social assistance?

Social security refers to social insurance programs which provide support only to those who have previously contributed, while social assistance programs provide support on the basis of need alone.

What are the basic human needs that welfare aims to meet?

<p>Welfare aims to meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does welfare encompass?

<p>Welfare may encompass efforts to provide a basic level of well-being through subsidized social services such as healthcare.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the practice of breastfeeding or suckling between humans and other species called?

<p>Human to animal breastfeeding</p> Signup and view all the answers

What animals were widely used to feed abandoned babies in foundling hospitals in 18th- and 19th-century Europe?

<p>Goats and donkeys</p> Signup and view all the answers

For what reasons have animals been used to breastfeed humans?

<p>Perceived health reasons, religious and cultural purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Name some animals that have been used to breastfeed humans.

<p>Puppies, kittens, piglets, and monkeys</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do surviving terracotta feeding bottles from Sumeria indicate about children in the third millennium BC?

<p>They were breastfed by animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

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