Re-entry Policy Council
Social Factors
The places where we live, work and play are important factors that affect our health – things such as clean air and water, good schools, safe neighborhoods, access to quality medical care, habitable homes, and access to nourishing food.
Many times these are the factors that are also directly related to how much money we make. Disparities in access to services for low-income and uninsured populations remain. It’s important to consider all of the seemingly divergent but related factors when thinking about our health, especially when comparing health outcomes across different groups of people.
HCF is committed to provide its leadership and resources to address the barriers that keep people from accessing quality services so that they may attain good health.
Resources
National
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Institute on Women and Criminal Justice, 2009
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The Pew Center on the States, April 2011
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Stresses of poverty may impair learning ability in young children
National Institutes of Health, Aug. 28, 2012
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2009-2010 Report on Poverty in the US
US Census Bureau, October 2011
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2010 census report on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the US
US Census Bureau, September 2011
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Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits
United States Department of Agriculture Report that examines whether the increased SNAP benefits provided by ARRA improved the food security of low income households (that is, the extent to which they were consistently able to obtain adequate food).
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, February 2011.
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CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2011
The CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report - United States, 2011, is the first in a series of periodic, consolidated assessments that highlight health disparities by sex, race, and ethnicity, income, education, disability status and other social characteristics in the U.S.
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Intercultural Cancer Council
Promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories.
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Improving Health Care for Rural Populations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge
Pew Hispanic Center, August 2008.
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African-American Health Resources
National Institutes of Health
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Access to Care and Use of Preventative Services by Hispanics: State-Based Variations from 1991 to 2004
Commonwealth Fund, November 2009.
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A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2010.
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A report from the National Council of La Raza, July 2008.
Regional
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Health equity series: Older adult health disparities in Missouri
Missouri Foundation for Health, October 2014
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Regional Health Assessment
Prepared by MARC for Reach Healthcare Foundation, June 2013
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Missourians to End Poverty Coalition, January, 2014. Link opens a pdf.
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Presented by United Way, March 2012. Link will open a pdf document.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2011
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UCS News, June 2011
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Missouri Health Equity Collaborative
A website designed to empower Missourians to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities through communication and collaboration.
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City of Kansas City Missouri Community Health Assessment 2010, Environmental Health Section
News
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Pendleton Heights is one of the KC's most diverse neighborhoods - and works to keep it that wayThe Kansas City Star, July 27, 20152015-07-28 10:00
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Report suggests US children left behind in economic recoveryThe Kansas City Star, July 21, 20152015-07-22 10:52
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Olathe is where the Hispanic community is growing the fastest in the Kansas City metroKSHB Kansas City, July 13, 20152015-07-14 13:01
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Editorial: The Missouri-Kansas border war on slamming the poorSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 7, 20152015-07-09 10:16
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Governor’s office working on $50M in cutsKHI News Service, June 16, 20152015-06-17 09:47
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Action urged to reduce poverty in Johnson CountyFlatland KC, June 11, 20152015-06-12 08:58
From the Blogs
Local Health Buzz
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