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According to that report (and many others), the causes of such disparities are complex, including genetic differences, environmental and occupational hazards, stress and lifestyle. But even when diagnosed at equal rates, racial and ethnic communities and low income groups face difficulties in accessing health care services and education. Poverty, lack of health care coverage and under- insurance (more prevalent in many minority communities) also affect access to information, prevention education, screening, treatment, referral to specialists, continued treatment and even pain relief. . | commissiononhealth.org O ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION Commission to Build a Healthier America ISSUE BRIEF 6 EDUCATION AND HEALTH SEPTEMBER 2009 Education Matters for Health A large body of evidence links education with health even when other factors like income are taken into account. Everyone knows that without a good education prospects for a good job with good earnings are slim. Few people think of education as a crucial path to health however. Yet a large body of evidence strongly and with very rare exceptions consistently links education with health even when other factors like income are taken into account.1-6 By education we mean educational attainment or the years or level of overall schooling a person has rather than instruction on specific health topics like hygiene diet or exercise while the quality of education also is important for health outcomes this information is more difficult to measure and thus typically unavailable. People with more education are likely to live longer to experience better health outcomes Figures 1 2 and to practice health-promoting behaviors such as exercising regularly refraining from smoking and obtaining timely health care check-ups and screenings.4 7-9 Educational attainment among adults is linked with children s health as well beginning early in life babies of more-educated mothers are less likely to die before their first birthdays and children of more-educated parents experience better health Figures 3 4 . Education can influence health in many ways. This issue brief 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 .