Category Archives: Homelessness

What Deficit Reductionism Really Means: Sending the Disabled to Homeless Shelters

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

Yes, we have left no sense of decency.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Homelessness, Public Health | 2 Comments

Some More Thoughts Regarding Poverty and Education

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

We can remedy problems related to poverty, even if not perfectly and not for all children, all of the time. But, instead, we target the shibboleth of teacher quality, even though it plays a small role in outcomes, relative to poverty.
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Posted in Education, Homelessness, Hunger | 2 Comments

Homelessness, Streptococcus, and the Need for Vaccination

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

The homeless are thirty times more likely to be diagnosed with pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, for which there is an effective vaccine, than the population at large.
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Posted in Homelessness, Public Health, Vaccination | 1 Comment