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Scenario

How social barriers limit the reach of public health programs

Our department developed a great smoking cessation program but it only works for people with stable housing and transportation and health insurance which excludes most of the people who need it.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Evidence-based interventions may only benefit populations that already have advantages, potentially widening rather than narrowing health disparities.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Healthcare — Public Health & Epidemiology?”

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