February 17, 2024

Surprising Tool Against Child Abuse & Helping Rural Americans Get Benefits

Episode Segments:

Surprising Tool Against Child Abuse In the aftermath of the pandemic, child abuse and neglect has been rising. We'll look at an alcohol control project in Sacramento. that surprised researchers: it reduced total entries into foster care significantly. Bridget Freisthler, PhD, Professor in the College of Social Work at Ohio State University, discusses her research.
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Helping Rural Americans Get Government Benefits Large segments of the US population, including low income and older Americans, face barriers in getting the government benefits they are entitled to. Megan Henly, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, outlines the numerous barriers to getting information about, and enrolling in, programs like Social Security disability and retirement benefits, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Medicaid health insurance program, and what can be done to reduce the problem.
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College Degree = Better Heart Health? Can whether you attended college affect your heart health decades later? Jared W. Magnani, MD, cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, studied the issue and the potential reasons behind it.
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