Making Americans Healthier

by Schoeni, Robert F.; House, James S.; Kaplan, George A.; Pollack, Harold

• ISBN13: 9780871547477
• ISBN10: 0871547473
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Health Effects of Social and Economic Policy: The Promise and Challenge for Research and Policy	p. 3
Education Policy	p. 27
Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence	p. 29
Health Effects of Human Development Policies	p. 61
Income Transfer Policy	p. 95
Income Support Policies and Health Among the Elderly	p. 97
Did the Introduction of Food Stamps Affect Birth Outcomes in California?	p. 122
Civil Rights	p. 143
Lifting Gates, Lengthening Lives: Did Civil Rights Policies Improve the Health of African American Women in the 1960s and 1970s?	p. 145
Macroeconomic and Employment Policy	p. 171
Macroeconomic Conditions, Health, and Government Policy	p. 173
The New Employment Contract and Worker Health in the United States	p. 201
Welfare Policy	p. 229
Welfare Reform and Indirect Impacts on Health	p. 231
The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Maternal Health and Well-Being	p. 281
Housing and Neighborhood Policy	p. 307
Residential Environments and Obesity: What Can We Learn About Policy Interventions from Observational Studies?	p. 309
Are Some Neighborhoods Better for Child Health Than Others?	p. 344
Conclusion	p. 377
Social and Economic Policies as Health Policy: Moving Toward a New Approach to Improving Health in America	p. 379
Index	p. 391
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