HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

July 29, 2008

links for 2008-07-29

• California Bars Restaurant Use of Trans Fats
  Under a new law, the fats long linked to health problems must be excised from restaurants and retail baked goods.
• Crusaders for Quality, a Health-Care Intangible
  From what has been called a perfect storm of disgruntled patients, legislators and medical professionals, the quality movement in health care has been born.
• APA Explores Mental Health Disparities And Substance Abuse Through OMNA On Tour
  OMNA on Tour is a traveling education program designed to inform communities around the nation about the significance and impact on community well-being of ethnic and racial disparities in mental health.
• Experts tackle black infant mortality
  African-American infants are more than twice as likely as white infants to die before their first birthday, and the racial gap has gotten wider over time. That startling statistic has prompted efforts to address race-based disparities in infant mortality,
• The Columbus Dispatch : Bleak stats for black youth
  In 2005... 87 percent of all Franklin County homicide victims younger than 18 were black. “And they're roughly 20 percent of the population,” said Kathleen Cowen of Columbus Public Health. “So that's the disparity.”