Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy

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Contents PREFACE xi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1 THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY: THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGE FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY James S. House, Robert F. Schoeni, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack 3 PART II EDUCATION POLICY 27 Chapter 2 EDUCATION AND HEALTH: EVALUATING THEORIES AND EVIDENCE David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney 29 Chapter 3 HEALTH EFFECTS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES Daniel P. Keating and Sharon Z. Simonton 61 PART III INCOME TRANSFER POLICY 95 Chapter 4 INCOME SUPPORT POLICIES AND HEALTH AMONG THE ELDERLY Pamela Herd, James S. House, and Robert F. Schoeni 97 Chapter 5 DID THE INTRODUCTION OF FOOD STAMPS AFFECT BIRTH OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIA? Janet Currie and Enrico Moretti 122 PART IV CIVIL RIGHTS 143 Chapter 6 LIFTING GATES, LENGTHENING LIVES: DID CIVIL RIGHTS POLICIES IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE 1960S AND 1970S? George A. Kaplan, Nalini Ranjit, and Sarah A. Burgard 145 PART V MACROECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY 171 Chapter 7 MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS, HEALTH, AND GOVERNMENT POLICY Christopher J. Ruhm 173 Chapter 8 THE NEW EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND WORKER HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES Richard H. Price and Sarah A. Burgard 201 PART VI WELFARE POLICY 229 Chapter 9 WELFARE REFORM AND INDIRECT IMPACTS ON HEALTH Marianne P. Bitler and Hilary W. Hoynes 231 Chapter 10 THE EFFECTS OF WELFARE AND CHILD SUPPORT POLICIES ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Jean Knab, Irv Garfinkel, and Sara McLanahan 281 PART VII HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY 307 Chapter 11 RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND OBESITY: WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT POLICY INTERVENTIONS FROM OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES? Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Ana V. Diez Roux, Ben B. Hansen, and Theresa L. Osypuk 309 Chapter 12 ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER FOR CHILD HEALTH THAN OTHERS? Rebecca C. Fauth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 344 PART VIII CONCLUSION 377 Chapter 13 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AS HEALTH POLICY: MOVING TOWARD A NEW APPROACH TO IMPROVING HEALTH IN AMERICA Harold Pollack, George A. Kaplan, James S. House, and Robert F. Schoeni 379 INDEX 391 vi / ...