I think the richest and most educated would appreciate simpler forms. One
does not need to be poor to appreciate plain language.
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Social Determinants of Health <[log in to unmask]> on Thursday, August 29, 2013
at 8:39 PM -0400 wrote:
>"The researchers suggest that services for the poor shouldn't
>"cognitively tax" them. Positive measures could include simpler aid
>forms, more guidance for receiving assistance, and more flexibly
>structured training and educational programs."
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>http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/poverty-lowers-brain-power-study-suggests-1.1432876#ixzz2dPNYJZmj
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>My 13 year old son says: "Make the forms easier for poor people to
>apply to live in homeless shelters?
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>Get a free copy of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts at
>http://thecanadianfacts.org
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>See what Jack Layton had to say about my books!
>http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html
>at 27:20
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>Dennis Raphael, PhD
>Professor of Health Policy and Management
>Graduate Program Director, Health Policy and Equity
>York University
>4700 Keele Street
>Room 418, HNES Building
>Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
>416-736-2100, ext. 22134
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>Website: http://jasper.yorku.ca/draphael
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>Of interest:
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>*NEW*
>Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences
>Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel
>http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities
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>Poverty in Canada, 2nd edition,
>Forewords by Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
>http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada
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>About Canada: Health and Illness
>http://tinyurl.com/2c2tm6l
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>Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings
>http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu
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>Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd edition,
>Forewords by Carolyn Bennett and Roy Romanow
>http://tinyurl.com/3fkbr8u
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>Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care,
>2nd edition
>Foreword by Gary Teeple
>http://tinyurl.com/4xlu4up
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>See a lecture! The Politics of Population Health.
>http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-9a9e04b28e1d
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>Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up
>again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social
>security.
>http://vimeo.com/33346501
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