A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, March 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, April 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, June 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, July 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, August 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, September 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, October 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, November 2003

Monthly report from the Iowa Department of Human Services on income.

The Evolution of Inequity in the Access to Health Care in Spain: 1987-2001

This paper reports an analysis of the evolution of income related health inequalities in Spain over the period 1987-2001. We use recently developed methods in order to cardinalise and model self assessed health within a regression framework, decompose the sources of inequality and explain the observed differences between 1987 (one year after the 1986 General Health Act was approved) and 2001 (the latest available representative data on health for the Spanish population). The results show that the period has witnessed a reduction in income related health inequality. The driver of such reduction has been the weakening of the income health gradient, which lends support to the hypothesis that the important health policy reforms implemented over the period have been successful in the objective of reducing socio-economic inequalities in health. Our results also suggest that actions aimed at improving the health of those with low levels of education and of those who are not actively participating in the labor market would lead to further reductions in income related health inequality.

Transitory Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict

I examine whether civil conflict is triggered by transitory negative economic shocks. My approach follows Miguel, Satyanath, and Sergenti (2004) in using rainfall as an exogenous source of economic shocks in Sub-Saharan African countries. The main difference is that my empirical specifications take into account that rainfall shocks are transitory. Failure to do so may, for example, lead to the conclusion that civil conflict is more likely to break out following negative rainfall shocks when conflict is most probable following years with exceptionally high rainfall levels.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, October 2006

Supplemental Security Income Program, October 2006

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, November 2006

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, November 2006

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, December 2006

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, December 2006

Use of medicinal plants by black women: ethnography study in a low-income community

Objective To explore beliefs, values and practices related to the use of medicinal plants among low-income black families. Method The research method was ethnography and the participant observation process was done in a low-income community in the peripheral area of the City of São Paulo. Twenty black women were interviewed. Results Two cultural sub-themes, I do use medicines that I learned to make with my mother and with religious practitioners to care for diseases and Home medicines are to treat problems that are not serious, and the cultural theme I do use home medicines to treat simple diseases because I always have them at my disposal, they are free and I don’t need a medical prescription represent beliefs, values, and practices related to the use of medicinal plants among low-income black families. Conclusion The development of such practices, which can hide ethnic and social vulnerability, reveals the resilience of low-income black women in the process of confronting problems during the health-illness process.

A-1A Supplemental Security Income Program, January 2007

Supplemental Security Income Program, January 2007