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."



http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/poverty-lowers-brain-power-study-suggests-1.1432876#ixzz2dPNYJZmj





My 13 year old son says:  "Make the forms easier for poor people to
apply to live in homeless shelters?


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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

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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