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Overall health is declining in the US with ever-increasing health disparities between incomes. #healthequity #SDoH ow.ly/S8r750v8zGC
Health Equity in America Is Still a Problem
usnews.com
A new study shows 'a worrisome lack of progress on health equity' in the country over 25 years."Housing and health are just so connected, " and Kaiser Permanente finds homes for 250 homeless as part of housing for health prescription.#homelessness ow.ly/1mz350v5tao
bizjournals.com
The health care provider has been working since January to get everyone in a more than 500-person program off the streets and into housing."New data provides an unprecedented look at the surge of legal pain pills that fueled the prescription opioid epidemic, which has resulted in nearly 100,000 deaths from 2006 - 2012" ow.ly/8uy850v3yLM
76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic
washingtonpost.com
Six companies distributed and three companies manufactured the bulk of the pills that saturated the nation with opioids from 2006 to 2012.Children living in states with strict firearm laws are less likely to die from gun violence than those in states with more lax restrictions, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics published Monday. ow.ly/8ZiM50v2lFb
Healthy People 2030, a 10-year outline of health improvement goals from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, wants your input on their working definition of "health literacy."
ow.ly/I7JE50v1sv9 #healthliteracy
salud-america.org
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