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Joint Center Citations October 2009

October 21-31, 2009

IMPACT partners with think-tank, IMPACT

Health IT resource teach-in at Cobb Galleria, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The great divide between health care and civil rights, Huffington Post

Reforms across multiple policy areas key to eliminating health disparities, experts say, diverseeducation.com

Poll: Hopes buoyed on race relations, USA Today

Fathers must take responsibility before birth, The Tennesseean

October 11-20, 2009

Census predicts fall in response rate, USA Today, WUSA9, honoluluadvertiser.com, The Jacksonville Observer, The Tennessean

Could drop in black turnout cost Democrats the House? Los Angeles Times

Dems ponder drop in black voter turnout, The Hill

Racial disparities in health care cost big bucks, New America Media

New web site for minority health links health disparities and cost of health care, PR Web, Trading Markets

Bredesen, Cooper will tackle health care reform at Belmont, Nashville City Paper

October 1-10, 2009

Study: Disparities in health care cost U.S. trillions, The Capital, The Daily Times

Americans want clean energy: Poll after poll proves it, Environmental Defense Fund

Minority groups join forces in health care debate, CNN

African-Americans' views are subject of polls, The Tennessean

More blacks thinking green, BET

Sisters speak with their ballots ten perspectives on why black women outvote black men nearly 2-to-1 and what it means for St. Petersburg's 2009 City election, The Weekly Challenger

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Did You Know?

In 2005, African American children were disproportionately likely to receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. African American children were 21 percent of the 1.64 million children who received SSDI benefits as the children of disabled workers, but were only 15.5 percent of all children in the United States. Learn more.