Improving Health By Moving Poor Women To Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods

Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in some aspects of their health, namely reductions in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and partner institutions…

N.J. Dems Continue Efforts To Restore Family Planning Funding, Expand Access To Services

New Jersey’s Democratic lawmakers on Monday advanced two bills — one that would restore funding for state family planning centers that Gov. Chris Christie (R) cut from the budget and another to expand access to family planning services for low-income women, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Earlier this year, Christie eliminated $7…

States Look To Expand No-Cost Contraception Program Through Health Reform

Wisconsin hopes to use a provision in the health reform law (PL 111-148) to expand access to no-cost contraceptive services and supplies through Medicaid, the Wall Street Journal reports. Eligibility for Medicaid is based on income and, although states set higher income limits for pregnant women, most childless low-income women are not eligible for Medicaid health care services…

Counseling Increased Mammography Use Among Low-income Women With Health Insurance

Even with health insurance, low-income women had lower rates of mammography screening than middle-class women, but a counseling program increased the likelihood of screening. “Health insurance is a necessary condition for screening, but it is apparently not a sufficient condition,” said Nasar Ahmed, Ph.D…

Cuts To Calif. Breast Cancer Screening Program Remain; N.J. Legislature Approves Family Planning Funding

Health officials said that cuts to California’s breast cancer screening program for low-income women will continue indefinitely, while the New Jersey Legislature sent a family planning funding bill to the governor’s desk. Summaries appear below…

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