By:
Kate Richey
November 8, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma faces a Nov. 16 deadline to to submit a blueprint for creating a health care insurance exchange or have one created for us by the federal government. This blog post from July explained how lack of cooperation by state…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 7, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Students with poor dental health are nearly three times more likely to miss school than their healthy peers. Oklahoma kids have poor oral health overall. According to the Governor’s Task Force on Children and Oral Health:
The statewide prevalence for…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The variables that affect our individual health are too many to name or measure. Genetics and behavior are strong determinants for most of us. For some, mere chance can lead to contracting a deadly virus or suffering chronic pain from…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 1, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Using data from the American Housing Survey, this analysis highlights how both the built environment of a physical space and differential access to quality public services affect household and neighborhood health. While the results reveal differences in the environmental quality…
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By:
Kate Richey
October 24, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Oklahoma State Health Department (OSDH) recently terminated Planned Parenthood’s contract to administer a federal program called Women, Infants & Children (WIC). The notification letter sent to Planned Parenthood does not provide a reason for ending the contract. Planned Parenthood…
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By:
Kate Richey
October 8, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The State Department of Health recently convened a leadership summit to address a public health problem that is as tragic as it is entrenched in Oklahoma: infant mortality. The summit is part of a statewide initiative to raise awareness about…
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These factsheets provide quick and colorful access to key demographic, economic, and social indicators for each county in Oklahoma. Get important county-level statistics – as well as statewide rankings and comparisons – at a glance. Counties are listed in alphabetical…
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By:
David Blatt
August 23, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post originally ran on our blog in November 2011 and is part of an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act. For links to previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health care reform page on…
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This presentation was given to health care workers during a two-hour training seminar on the Affordable Care Act in Oklahoma. Click here for the presentation, which outlines major changes already enacted and on the horizon regarding the new federal health…
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By:
David Blatt
August 13, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
When Congress approved a prescription drug benefit for the Medicare program in the mid-2000s, it created the infamous ‘Medicare donut hole‘ – a large gap in coverage of prescription drug costs.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the landmark health care…
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