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Education Matters for Health

By: Egerter S, Braveman P, Sadegh-Nobari T, Grossman-Kahn R and Dekker M

Publisher: RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America

Published: September 09, 2009

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  • Education Matters for Health

Education can influence health in many ways. This issue brief, prepared by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, examines three major interrelated pathways through which educational attainment is linked with health—health knowledge and behaviors; employment and income; and social and psychological factors, including sense of control, social standing and social support. In addition, this brief explores how educational attainment affects health across generations, examining the links between parents’ education—and the social and economic advantages it represents—and their children’s health and social advantages, including opportunities for educational attainment.

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