HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

October 01, 2009

links for 2009-10-01

• Ohio Health Policy Review: HPIO brief examines gender disparities in Ohio
  This 8 page brief uses data from the 2008 Ohio Family Health Survey and identifies disparities in health behaviors, risk factors, family income and other issues.
• US Breast Cancer Deaths Falling But Not For African Americans
  Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009-2010 was released September 30, and it shows that breast cancer deaths have been falling in the US since the early 1990s, with the biggest drops in women under 50. However, as of 2006, breast cancer death rates were 38 per cent higher in African American women than white women. The report provides possible explanations for that disparity.
• WIC program gets its first overhaul -- to include fresh produce | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times
  There is rejoicing today at agencies that work with recipients of food vouchers through the Women, Infants and Children program in California. Starting Thursday, WIC recipients -- more than 8 million of them -- will be able to use vouchers to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, under a program revision that has been years in the making.