It sounds like a no-brainier that one's health is influenced by a h.s. diploma along w/ SES and race/ethnicity. Nevertheless, here's the CDC on increasing health equity by encouraging people at risk to graduate from h.s.
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Did You Know? Reaching this milestone can affect your health
12/19/2014
December 19, 2014
* Your race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and whether you graduate from high school<http://go.usa.gov/MWrH> may influence how healthy you are—find out why<http://go.usa.gov/MWYP>.
* The Community Preventive Services Task Force<http://go.usa.gov/MWYG> recommends high school completion programs<http://go.usa.gov/MWYz> for students at risk for not getting their diplomas, and for improving health equity<http://go.usa.gov/MWgC>.
* You can access helpful materials<http://go.usa.gov/MWgR> on promoting health equity through education programs and policies.
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Health Communication Science Digest -- December 2014
12/19/2014
Dear colleagues,
We wish you all Happy Holidays! and thought we’d give you a gift: The December issue of Health Communication Science Digest (HCSD or Digest) is now available at http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ScienceDigest/index.html
In the Digest this month several authors report on health communication intervention design and evaluation (Biroscak, et al.; Crombie, et al.; Resnicow, et al.; van Zyl, et al.). Writers examining health message design factors discuss both anecdotes (Ricketts) and visual imagery (Juszczyk, et al.; Zhoa, et al.). The expanding role of new media health messaging (Freeman, et al.; Liang, et al; Merchant, et al.) and several perspectives health message design factors health messaging via traditional media (Clinton-McHarg, et al.; Lambert & Wu; Suran, et al.) are also detailed. Additionally, aspects of health literacy (Franzen, et al.; Ng & Omariba; Victorson, et al.) are discussed.
Please remember that you can access all issues of the “Health Communication Science Digest” series online via the searchable Health Communication Science Digest Archive<http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/pdf/sciencedigest/hcsd-earchive.pdf>.
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Dođan Erođlu
Associate Director for Communication Science
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
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