Anna Wadia, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Beadsie Woo, Senior Associate, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Shanna Shulman, Director of Policy and Research, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
When the H1N1 pandemic broke out, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged sick people to stay home. Unfortunately, for many Americans, staying home meant losing income, losing a good shift, or worse, losing their job. I could not imagine the situation I faced compounded by parents who would have to say, “I’m sorry, I can’t leave my work, I can’t lose my job.” It would have been disastrous.” – Mary Pappas, a school nurse who first spotted H1N1 at a parochial school in New York City, sent home 182 students (Family Values at Work 2009)
6/21/2010 — 276KB
Focus Area(s): Access and Quality, Population Health
Related Topic(s): Access, Children and Families