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disparities
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Listeners hear from patients, dentists at charity dental clinic
KBIA Mid-Missouri Public Radio listeners were recently offered an insightful report on the problems poor adults in the state have…
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The challenge of writing about people in poverty
When online commenters get nasty, it’s tempting to just write them off as trolls. But is it possible that sometimes…
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Complaints about dental benefits provider mounting
The rumblings in Tennessee started earlier this year, after a new company took over the contract to provide dental services…
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Reporter crafts story about connections between poverty, illness
It didn’t sit right with Olga Khazan, an associate editor at The Atlantic, seeing so many people focus on individual…
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Bi-monthly newsletter focuses on health equity news, resources
Health Equity Resources is an impressively thorough roundup of the latest news, research, and events related to health disparities and…
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Kansas reporter shares rural perspective on access to dental care
Along with coverage of everything from Congressional wrangling over the Farm Bill to livestock management to wildlife conservation, High Plains/Midwest Ag…
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A ‘birth lottery’ still determines who gets to live longest, healthiest life
“Since when in America do we have classes? Since when in America are people stuck in areas or defined places…
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Interventions might alleviate poverty’s impact on child health
We know that about 45 percent of American kids are growing up in families that are poor or near poor,…
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Avoiding the ‘Trinity Trap’ when reporting on health promotion
Health care is but one element of what makes the biggest difference in health outcomes – social factors play a…
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How to be smart about socioeconomic status in studies
Medical study authors routinely claim to have “controlled” for socioeconomic status. That kind of sweeping assertion should set off alarm…