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Digging Deeper - Clinical Care
Access What percentage of health care providers accept all forms of payment (including Medicare and Medicaid)? What percentage of infants and kindergarteners are fully...
Digging Deeper - Physical Environment
Air and Water Quality What are the levels of various air pollutants, e.g., carbon monoxide, ozone, lead, mercury, nitrous oxides? What are the rates...
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Education Measurement Strategies
Education can be measured multiple ways depending on the age group of interest. Among younger ages, standardized test scores, the percentage enrolled in pre-kindergarten...
Embracing power and education for civic health
In this second episode of our three-part series, we’re tackling civic education and young people’s involvement in civic life: where we’re at as a country, what we can do to improve it and how it’s linked to our overall health. Host Beth Silver interviews prolific author Eric Liu, a self-described civic evangelist and CEO of Citizen University, an organization that promotes “powerful citizenship and civic education.” Silver and Liu discuss power, obligation and responsibility in a democracy.
Embracing the political: Organizing for change
How do we transition from organizing for change to enacting policy change? In this episode we’ll explore the power of labor unions to protect workers’ rights, health and wealth.
Employment Measurement Strategies
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) calculates six measures of unemployment: U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a...
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Family and Social Support Measurement Strategies
Studies in recent years have measured support by type, provider, and timing. Types of support, including companionship, emotional, tangible, and informational, can be categorized...