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Health Disparities: What Iowans Can Learn from a Monkey, an Ambulance, a Fish and a Fence

By Lynda Waddington 8/8/07

The face of Iowa is rapidly evolving. And, as with any major change, our communities have both challenges and treasures strewn out before them.
Two-thirds of Iowa’s population growth between 1990 and 2005 was fueled by immigration. Latinos are the state’s fastest growing population segment, their numbers increasing by 234 percent in 15 years. It is [...]

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