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Socioeconomic Status and Public Health Financing
Health financing is the cornerstone of strategy development based on both in terms of raising resources and of ways to manage resources. It is critical to emphasize the need for greater evaluation of the distributional impact of policies and programs. Socioeconomic status could affect public health financing such as people with insurance or money, creating… →
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Dallas’ Renaissance Plan: A Response to the Second Wave of Environmental Justice
Dallas is the seventh largest city in the United States with a population exceeding 1.1 million citizens in the year 2000. Dallas is the fourth largest park system in the United States. The second wave of the environmental justice movement is a concept concerned with urban design, public health, and availability of outdoor physical activities.… →
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A Summer Phenomenon
For 26 days in 2011, every place in Texas showed higher concentrations of lung-damaging ozone than allowed by federal air-quality standards, especially in Dallas. The federal standard set in 2008 is 75 parts per billion. The spike in ozone which is particularly a summer phenomenon is exacerbated by trucks carrying drilling materials that emit nitrogen… →
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“Personal Health Records (PHR) and Health Information Exchange (HIE) in Managing Regional Multi-Site Medical Specialty Practice”
The true, meaningful use of personal health records (PHR), and health information exchange (HIE) between regional sites or multi-site specialty practice could amplify coordination and efficiency for higher quality and patient-centered care. PHR and HIE have been advocated as key new components in the effective delivery of modern health care. What is the impact of… →
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“What the Patterns Tell Us” Socioeconomic Status and Health
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson began his quest for a more just and honorable America with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This week, President Barack Obama joined three former Presidents delivered remarks at the Civil Rights… →
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Canadian Strategies to Help Reverse U.S. obesity Epidemic
Health within the looking glass of a population health perspective is defined in broad terms which address questions such as what are the most important factors affecting the target population’s health; why some people are sicker than others; and what initiatives can be implemented to improve the health of all people and communities. The less… →
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O.N.E.—One Nation’s Echo 