|
Carmen Aiken: After School
In East Oakland, many kids are living in violent neighborhoods, they often lack health insurance, and about a quarter of all kids suffer from asthma. Some youth advocates are declaring this a health care emergency and they say schools can't handle the problem on their own. So, they've come up with an innovative reform: they're bringing health clinics to campus and into after school programs. There are now nearly 150 of these health centers in California, with many more planned. Carmen Aiken profiles one—the Youth Uprising Health Clinic in East Oakland.
|
