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How wealth affects children's cognitive achievement

A new study published in the March/April 2008 issue of the journal Child Development finds that family wealth might partly explain differences in test scores in school-age children.

26 Mar 2008

Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health and other benefits

Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested installing toilets for people in countries that today are off-track in meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for sanitation.

24 Mar 2008

Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to a proper toilet

Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility -- a proper toilet -- which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.

24 Mar 2008

Neighborhoods play role in how much people exercise

The neighborhoods people live in can help inspire – or discourage – their residents to exercise and keep physically active, new research suggests.

18 Mar 2008

Keeping middle schoolers from alcohol is a tougher task in the inner city than in rural areas

A three-year, three-pronged prevention program did little to keep Chicago middle schoolers from drinking or using drugs, despite its prior success in rural Minnesota, where the program reduced alcohol use 20 to 30 percent, UF and University of Minnesota researchers recently reported in the online edition of the journal Addiction.

18 Mar 2008

Minority, low-income diabetics least likely to monitor their blood glucose

Black and Hispanic adults with insulin-treated diabetes are less likely than whites to monitor their blood glucose, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.

17 Mar 2008

Programme of fertility treatment for developing countries

since the world's first "test-tube" baby was born in July 1978 - the benefits of modern infertility treatments have been largely confined to couples in developed countries.

13 Mar 2008

Parasitic flatworm schistosomiasis much more debilitating than previously thought

In a new study, published March 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the researchers calculate that the impact of symptoms associated with schistosomiasis japonica is 7 to 46 times greater than current global estimates.

6 Mar 2008

Marijuana replaces banned alcohol in remote aboriginal communities

A new study on drug use in Australian Aboriginal communities had found that restrictions on alcohol and petrol have led to an increased use of marijuana.

5 Mar 2008

State-to-state differences in quality of care for children with special needs

A new government survey reveals children with special health care needs, such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and asthma, don't consistently get the care that is federally recommended and that there are vast state-to-state differences.

28 Feb 2008

New five-year course for U.S. AIDS response

As a fitting tribute to the late Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, Republicans and Democrats have crafted a bipartisan compromise to support AIDS, TB and malaria policy.

28 Feb 2008

Growing US disparities in health not inevitable

In the public health field, there is an ongoing debate as to whether improvement in the overall health of the population is linked to increases or decreases in social inequities in health, that is, the inequities between higher-income and lower-income groups or people of different race/ethnicities.

27 Feb 2008

More support needed for menopausal women in rural areas

Good social support and reliable information are essential for women who find menopause an intense and life-altering experience, especially if they live in rural areas where health services are patchy or inaccessible.

20 Feb 2008

Rural doctors say 16,000 more health professionals are urgently needed in the bush

Doctors working in rural Australia have called on the government to offer better incentives to keep doctors in the bush.

20 Feb 2008

Intervention program boosts education of kids at high risk of failure

An eight-week-long intervention program aimed at parents from low socioeconomic backgrounds reaped significant educational benefits in their preschool-aged children, a University of Oregon research fellow reported today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

17 Feb 2008

Children who live in poor neighborhoods may be at increased risk of verbal and behavioral problems

A new study suggests that for some of their parents, living in poor neighborhoods is associated with poorer mental health, poorer family relations, and less consistent and more punitive parenting.

8 Feb 2008

U.S. efforts to eliminate tuberculosis fall short

The U.S. is likely to fall far short of its benchmark goals toward eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem, according to data from a nationwide survey.

5 Feb 2008

Black people die more frequently of severe sepsis that either whites or Hispanics

Blacks have almost double the rate of severe sepsis an overwhelming infection of the bloodstream accompanied by acute organ dysfunction as whites, according to recent research.

5 Feb 2008

Budget request from President Bush to increase spending for SCHIP by $19.7B over five years

President Bush on Monday will release a $3 trillion fiscal year 2009 budget request that would significantly reduce or eliminate spending for dozens of health and other programs but would significantly increase spending for SCHIP, the New York Times reports.

4 Feb 2008

New analysis looks at how income affects the purchase of individual health coverage

With some federal and state policy makers considering ways to encourage more people to purchase non-group, or individual, health care coverage, a new analysis by Kaiser Family Foundation researchers examines how often people at different income levels buy such coverage when they do not have access to employer coverage or do not obtain public coverage.

4 Feb 2008

Poverty News and Research

How wealth affects children's cognitive achievement

Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health and other benefits

Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to a proper toilet

Neighborhoods play role in how much people exercise

Keeping middle schoolers from alcohol is a tougher task in the inner city than in rural areas

Minority, low-income diabetics least likely to monitor their blood glucose

Programme of fertility treatment for developing countries

Parasitic flatworm schistosomiasis much more debilitating than previously thought

Marijuana replaces banned alcohol in remote aboriginal communities

State-to-state differences in quality of care for children with special needs

New five-year course for U.S. AIDS response

Growing US disparities in health not inevitable

More support needed for menopausal women in rural areas

Rural doctors say 16,000 more health professionals are urgently needed in the bush

Intervention program boosts education of kids at high risk of failure

Children who live in poor neighborhoods may be at increased risk of verbal and behavioral problems

U.S. efforts to eliminate tuberculosis fall short

Black people die more frequently of severe sepsis that either whites or Hispanics

Budget request from President Bush to increase spending for SCHIP by $19.7B over five years

New analysis looks at how income affects the purchase of individual health coverage

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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