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Jenny Carrillo
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- Guilford, CT
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- Guilford
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- sustainable education k-12, affordable higher educaiton, equality / civil rights / civil liberties / privacy, peace and social justice, foreign policy, energy / environment / conservation / smart energy, affordable health care
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- Community Service, Get Out The Vote, Education, Energy Environment, Event Planning, Government Transparency, Health Care, Political, Training, Voter Registration, Women And Girls, Issue Group Leader, Precinct Leader, Town Leader
Jenny Carrillo's Blog
Tooth decay dismay in our communities
Latino children in Connecticut are at risk of having some serious tooth decay. According to the recent DPH Health report "Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut," Latino children in Kindergarten and third grade have the largest percentage of tooth decay, 49.3%. That's not insignificant. At the same time this report is coming out, Rell is advocating for the elimination of non-emergency dental coverage for adults on state health programs. This approach will only amplify the tooth decay of youn… Continue
Posted on April 6, 2009 at 8:47pm —
Providing Immigrant Healthcare: A Human Right
Today's frontpage of the NYTimes webpage displays a video "Translating Health Care: Immigrants Test American Medical System," by Denise Grady & Shayla Harris.
http://tinyurl.com/c96gtm
It is an excellent piece on the critical work that is being done to ensure healthcare is provided to the immigrants in one community.
Too frequently discussions of the cost of providing immigrant healthcare are framed as the immediate treatment costs. However, as has long been noted in policy and academic dis… Continue
http://tinyurl.com/c96gtm
It is an excellent piece on the critical work that is being done to ensure healthcare is provided to the immigrants in one community.
Too frequently discussions of the cost of providing immigrant healthcare are framed as the immediate treatment costs. However, as has long been noted in policy and academic dis… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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