News Archive: Neighborhood Influences on Health
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2005
Food prices linked to weight gain in children — Sep. 2005
Lower prices of vegetables and fruits are associated with lower gains in body mass index (BMI) among elementary school children in the U.S. Effects are larger for children in poverty, children already at risk for overweight, and Asian and Hispanic children.
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More research on children's health
Identifying churches for community-based mammography promotion. A recent study outlines lessons learned from the design and implementation of the Los Angeles Mammography Promotion in Churches Program.
More on public health (Posted 07/05.)Using geocoding to detect disparities in care. Health plans can begin examining and targeting potential disparities using indirect measures of enrollee race/ethnicity and SES based on geocoding. More on quality of care research (Posted 03/05.)
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