http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/15/troubling-link-between-education-and-health/ A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/15/troubling-link-between-education-and-health/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Adam Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:48:12 +0000 http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=7242#comment-1360 This is such an important issue as the health care reform debate roars on. Universal access to health care is important of course, but so is a recognition of the other factors that contribute to health disparities. The left can really make an impact by selling everything from housing reform to education reform to health care reform as a way to improve the health and wellbeing of a large portion of the population. Thank you, Smita, for your thorough accounting of the evidence for the relationship between education and health outcomes. This is such an important issue as the health care reform debate roars on. Universal access to health care is important of course, but so is a recognition of the other factors that contribute to health disparities. The left can really make an impact by selling everything from housing reform to education reform to health care reform as a way to improve the health and wellbeing of a large portion of the population. Thank you, Smita, for your thorough accounting of the evidence for the relationship between education and health outcomes.

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