Jeffrey Goldhagen Health Quotations

Hurricane Katrina gave the world a glimpse of the disparities in the South. Our research documents just how profoundly these disparities impact the health of children in the region.

Generally, children in the world's developed countries are healthy. But children who live in some of the states in the Deep South are two to three times more likely to die or have other health problems as compared to children living in some states in other regions of the country.

These policies, which consign 50 percent of children to poverty, neglect quality early education, generate huge income disparities, result in homelessness and limit access to quality nutrition and critical health services, may differentiate children in the South from those in other regions.