HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

June 26, 2008

links for 2008-06-26

• Uneven Care in the UAE
  As it stands, the contours of the national health system are steep and uneven. Health care quality, like education or justice, is one yardstick by which to measure nationhood as designated by functioning national institutions. More should be done by polic
• Native American, black kids more likely to end up in foster care
  Until he was 17, Charles Goodwin spent most of his teen years living with foster families and interacting with caseworkers who never fully understood him for a basic reason: None shared his Native American heritage.
• North Carolina's American Indians weigh issues
  [M]embers of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, spoke Wednesday about their work to improve access to education, reduce health disparities, encourage economic development and preserve cultural identity. The American Indian Center at UNC-Chapel Hill or