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Focus Magazine

Focus Magazine

July/August (35/4)

July/August 2007 Focus -Full Issues

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In This Issue...
1 Addressing the Crisis of Infant Mortality: An Examination of Race and Gender

1 African American Women and Breastfeeding

2 From the President’s Desk

3 Infant Mortality Rates: An Indication of Overall Well-Being

5 Relationality: A Response to Infant Mortality

7 Girls in the ‘Hood: Sexual Culture and Its Implications for Youth

9 The Effects of A Lifetime: The Impact of Racial Discrimination on Birth Outcomes, Q&A with Drs. James W. Collins, Jr. and Richard David

19 Reports of the Joint Center Health Policy Institute’s Infant Mortality Commission

20 Joint Center Updates

11 Health Report: Maternal Nutrition and Infant Mortality

13 Economic Report: The Tragic Loss of the Summer Jobs Program: Why it is Time to Reinstate!

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Did You Know?

Did you know that the earliest age at which you can retire and receive partial Social Security benefits is 62 years? Did you know that the earliest age at which you can retire with full benefits is 65 years? Many African Americans do not know these facts—a October-November 2005 Joint Center survey found that a majority of African American respondents (61 percent) know that you can get benefits if you retire early. However, only 39 percent of African American respondents know that the early retirement age is 62 years, and only a third (32 percent) know that 65 years is the earliest age at which one can retire with full benefits.