HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

May 18, 2009

links for 2009-05-18

• Iraq's once-envied health care system lost to war, corruption
  Corruption and ineptitude aren't limited to health care, of course; they're endemic in most Iraqi public institutions. When it comes to public health, however, the repercussions are devastating, and they bring into sharp focus the failures that are threatening Iraq's American-financed effort to rebuild itself as a democracy at peace with itself and its neighbors.
• Recession threatens U.S. progress in child wellbeing
  Black and Latino children, whose communities tend to be more sensitive to economic fluctuations, will be affected most by these changes.
• Cleveland-area beauty salon, barbershop workers trained to talk to clients about health screenings
  In June, the Cleveland Clinic will expand its presence in local barbershops and beauty salons with a pilot program designed to provide customers with blood-pressure tests and health education.
• Insured immigrants spend less on health-US study | Reuters
  "When you control for their health status and all sorts of characteristics like age, [insured immigrants] actually have medical expenditures that are far below those of U.S. citizens."