What do agriculture, transportation and justice have to do with childhood asthma? More than you think.
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May 31, 2012
May 10, 2012
Emergency departments are required to treat everyone who comes through the doors, but that doesn’t mean they treat everyone the same way.
May 14, 2012
Can you cut health care spending without undermining the quality of care?
May 9, 2012
Kansans who receive Medicaid are people who are unique and special to Kansas. Some are those with developmental disabilities, some have psychiatric disabilities, and some are seniors. These people want to have good health and many with psychiatric disabilities work with Vocational Rehabilitation specialists to return to work at least part-time.
April 26, 2012
Good public planning depends upon the sound evaluation of accurate and complete data. T
April 26, 2012
Family caregivers provide 80 percent of long-term care needs in the U.S., but many need time away from that job so they can continue to care for their loved ones.
April 23, 2012
This month was National Minority Health month and most visitors to this site may already know this. What most may not know is that Booker T. Washington started National Negro Health Week in 1915 and it was the descendant of today’s National Minority Health month. Booker T. Washington understood then what we are starting to better appreciate today: better health is about wellness and prevention and minorities have worse health care outcomes than non-minorities.
April 19, 2012
A quarter of working-age adults had a gap in their health-insurance coverage last year, mainly because they lost or changed their jobs, a new think-tank study says.
April 22, 2012
Gina Kolata in the New York Times this week cast doubt on claims that supermarket deserts contribute to the obesity epidemic. The start of her article cites recent research that finds no association between supermarket deserts and risk of obesity.
April 13, 2012
Every once in a while an interesting, well-done piece from public radio comes along that makes you think. This week came a story about a new war in the Great Plains region. You might call it The War of the Dentists and their Competitors.
HCF's Local Health Buzz Blog aims to discuss health and health policy issues that impact the uninsured and underserved in our service area. To submit a blog, please contact HCF Communications Officers, Jennifer Sykes, at jsykes@hcfgkc.org.