Great point, Marilyn!
On 2013-08-30, at 11:31 AM, Marilyn King <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Dennis Raphael, PhD
>> Professor of Health Policy and Management
>> Graduate Program Director, Health Policy and Equity
>> York University
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>> Of interest:
>>
>> *NEW*
>> Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences
>> Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel
>> http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities
>>
>> Poverty in Canada, 2nd edition,
>> Forewords by Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
>> http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada
>>
>> About Canada: Health and Illness
>> http://tinyurl.com/2c2tm6l
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care,
>> 2nd edition
>> Foreword by Gary Teeple
>> http://tinyurl.com/4xlu4up
>>
>> See a lecture! The Politics of Population Health.
>> http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-9a9e04b28e1d
>>
>> 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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