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Wed, Mar 26, 2008 -- 9:00 AM
Health Disparities
Recent government research highlights growing disparities in life expectancy across socioeconomic backgrounds. We discuss why health disparities exist between the rich and poor and among minority groups.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Brian Smedley, research director and co-founder of The Opportunity Agenda, a non-profit organization that seeks to eliminate social barriers to opportunity
- Dr. Mohammad Siahpush, professor at the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Dr. Nancy Adler, professor of Medical Psychology at UCSF and chair of the MacArthur Foundation Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health
- Larry Adelman, president and co-director of California Newsreel, the country's oldest non-profit documentary production and distribution center, and series creator and executive producer for "Unnatural Causes" premiering March 27 on PBS
More info:
- "Increasing Inequality in Life Expectancy" : Congressional Budget Office director Peter Oszag's blog addresses the issue
- Unnatural Causes : official website of the four-part PBS series on racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health premiering March 27
