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About Health Dialogues
Health Dialogues is a special series from KQED's "The California Report" that facilitates an ongoing discussion of California health care issues that are important to the underserved: children, low-income residents, minorities, and people with disabilities to name just a few.
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Calling All Community Correspondents!
Are you interested in being our eyes and ears on the ground, filling us in on the health lives of your community? ouRXperience, a blog chronicling life in neighborhoods across California, needs correspondents from the communities listed below. We're looking for local residents concerned with community health and driven to blog about it on a weekly basis. If this sounds like you, download an application and follow the directions for submission. We look forward to hearing from you!
Recent Posts from State of Health
California faces health care challenges seen across the country: soaring costs, increasing chronic illness and a high rate of uninsured. At a time of intense focus on reform, State of Health explores these issues and more, bringing you stories of challenge and change in the Golden State. The blog is edited by Lisa Aliferis.
Place Matters | Feb 03, 2012
ouRXperience: In-Home Health Workers; Hmong Refugee’s Escape; Fighting Childhood Obesity
Posted by Lisa Aliferis
Editor’s Note: KQED produces ouRXperience, a blog from community correspondents, to enrich coverage of health issues across
California.
Recently, ouRXperience featured posts from three California communities: Continue
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Money | Feb 03, 2012
Komen Will Continue Funding Planned Parenthood ... at Least For Now
Posted by Lisa Aliferis
It was only Tuesday when news broke that Susan G. Komen would cease its funding of Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening
and other programs. In the days since, reaction has been swift and heated. Komen said it had new funding guidelines that
prohibit the foundation from funding groups under investigation. While a Republican member of Congress has announced an intention
to hold hearings of Planned Parenthood, critics say the intent is political. Hearings have yet to be held. Continue
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Recent Posts from ouRXperience
ouRXperience is a blog chronicling health in neighborhoods and communities across California. Our citizen correspondents are our eyes and ears on the ground, so we can form a more complete understanding of just what state our health is in.
San Bernardino | Jan 31, 2012
San Bernardino In-Home Health Care Workers Fired Up
Posted by Bobbi Albano
“They are always implementing cuts [and] their target is always the most vulnerable,” says Ramiro Cordoba, regarding the Governor's
proposed cuts to health and human services. These cuts could be devastating for in-home health care workers like Cordoba who
make between $8 and $11.50 per hour. “If the hours are cut for the client, then there are cuts in our pay.” Cordoba is an
organizer for the United Domestic Workers Union (UDW) in Riverside. Continue
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Merced | Jan 24, 2012
The Trauma of Escape: A Hmong Refugee's Journey to the U.S.
Posted by Changvang Her
During the Central Intelligence Agency’s “Secret War” in Laos, when a secret guerilla army of some 30,000 Hmong were recruited
to fight against the North Vietnamese, my father, Chue Zang Her, and my three older brothers were killed. As a young male
teenager, I had to be responsible for everything as the head of the household. After the CIA withdrew in 1975, we had to join
the resistance group in attempt to evade capture of our family, including my elderly mother, Nou Thao, who was blind for as
long as I can remember. Continue
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Health Dialogues Archive
Medical Mistakes
Are California hospitals reporting medical mistakes and infections accurately - or at all? Learn about efforts to reduce these risks, and find out what officials and consumers can do to safeguard against medical mistakes.
Disordered Eating
This month, Health Dialogues explores what experts call "disordered eating." We look at the causes and effects of abnormal eating patterns, from the less severe to classic eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
Baby Boomers and Medicare
In January 2011, a demographic tsunami will hit Medicare as Baby Boomers start turning 65 and become eligible for federal health care benefits. Are there enough doctors to meet the demand for care? Is Medicare ready for the Boomers?
Mental Health
Health Dialogues takes a look at successes and unmet needs in treating mental illness - from adolescents to veterans, in rural and urban areas. We also check in on the effects of Proposition 63, the state's mental health services act.
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