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Feeling the Strain: The Impact of Stress on the Health of African-American Men
The mortality rate for African-American men is 1.3 times that of White men, 1.7 times that of AmericanIndian/Alaska Native men, 1.8 times that of Hispanic men, and 2.4 times that of Asian or Pacific Islander men.
Publication Date:8/3/2009
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Oral Health: Who Cares? Who Should Care?
In the United States, health systems, practices, policies and payment mechanisms continue to differentiate between physical health and oral health. But within the human body, no such distinction exists. An infected tooth is no different than strep throat or any other threat to physical well-being. Yet far too many people –across the nation and in our own State of Georgia – the crying need for oral health care, both to prevent illness and treat disease, goes unanswered (Download Overview).
Publication Date:3/17/2007
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Public Housing Policies that Exclude Ex-Offenders: A House Divided
Ex-offenders can be excluded from public housing either by operation of law or by administrative decision-making-giving advocates and policymakers more than one avenue for addressing current barriers to housing. The best option, of course, is to amend federal law and make the statutory framework for administrative decisions more fair, humane, and rational. But even within the current statutory framework, there is room to modify harsh and arbitrary administrative policies and practices (Download Overview).
Publication Date:3/16/2007
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Felony Convictions and Access to Healthcare: Equal Opportunity for Life and Liberty?
The deliberate disenfranchisement of felons and ex-felons is America’s dirty little secret. Disenfranchisement is an express, direct attack on the democratic process, one that is traditionally motivated by racism and which currently disproportionately impacts African Americans. The number of citizens deliberately disenfranchised is huge and rapidly expanding – 4.7 million Americans were ineligible to vote in 2000; by 2004 that number had risen to 5.3 million and is still rising (Download Overview).
Publication Date:3/15/2007
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Examining the Needs of The Incarcerated
Community Voices convened a meeting of thirty-three key community stakeholders in Georgia. The goal was to identify challenges to reentry pathways and to foster reentry projects in the state of Georgia (Download Overview).
Publication Date:2/28/2007
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State-funded Rehabilitation Services for the Incarcerated: Polls say yes
An overwhelming majority in both Washington, DC and statewide in Georgia would support a policy to make state-funded rehabilitation services available to incarcerated people both while they are in prison and after they have been released, a pair of polls conducted by Zogby International on behalf of Community Voices at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) shows.
Publication Date:2/15/2007
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Prison Health and the Health of the Public: Ties that Bind
Untreated or overlooked illnesses in a prison population can expose whole communities to the risk of infection from a contagious disease. With nearly 2.2 million men and women incarcerated in prisons and jails in the United States, many suffer with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, diabetes, as well as chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma. Even more suffer from undiagnosed or untreated mental illness. Many correlate the catastrophic rise of HIV cases among African American women with the return of HIV positive men after their release from prison. Upon reentry, ex-offenders often return to their low-income communities, cities, towns and neighborhoods with the fewest resources. The effect is to exacerbate health disparities already present while the unmet health needs of people in jails and prisons can threaten the well-being of their families, communities and society as a whole.In order to address the health care concerns of the general population, it is first necessary to realize that there is a direct tie between prison health and the health of the public (Download Overview).
Publication Date:1/1/2007
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Where are the men?
The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on African American Men and Their Children and Families (Download Overview).
Publication Date:8/1/2006
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Healthy Children in Healthy Families: The Role and Power of School-based Health
School-based Health Centers (SBHCs) are an innovative tool used by Community Voices to fill health care service gaps and extend access to quality health care. These centers not only preserve the good health of the children that they serve, but also reduce absenteeism and emergency room use.
Publication Date:5/1/2005
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A Man's Dilemma: Healthcare of Men Across America
A DISPARITIES REPORT. Men of color and poor men continue to experience disparities in health status and in access to quality health care. This document examines the broader issue of access to care, including insurance coverage.
Publication Date:11/1/2004
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Healthy Children in Healthy Families: The Role and Power of School-based Health
School-based Health Centers (SBHCs) are an innovative tool used by Community Voices to fill health care service gaps and extend access to quality health care. These centers not only preserve the good health of the children that they serve, but also reduce absenteeism and emergency room use.
Publication Date:5/1/2005
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Community-Based Health Coverage Programs: Models and Lessons
What follows are profiles of coverage programs that are connected to the Community Voices initiative. The programs described in this report are not the only community-based coverage programs in the U.S. — in fact, numerous programs have emerged around the country — but this collection represents a range of up-to-date models. They vary in target population, benefit package, vehicle for coverage, size, cost, financing mechanism, lead agency, and stage of development. This policy brief is available by download only.
Publication Date:4/15/2004
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Community Voices: Lessons for National Health Policy
Several strong forces are combining to push responsibility for improving access to health care for vulnerable populations onto local communities. Some communities, including the Community Voices sites, have been developing innovative ways to meet the growing challenges they face. These local efforts also serve as "learning laboratories;" the more successful strategies provide models for larger-scale state or federal reforms. This brief highlights some of these promising approaches.
Publication Date:4/15/2004
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