title: Unemployment and health.
abstract: Increased unemployment in recent months has marked effects on health, say Zlotnick and Cassanego. With job loss comes loss of health insurance, increased drug and alcohol use, and increased child abuse. In short, they say, "The poor and unemployed get sicker quicker."
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zlotnick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cassanego
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D014478:Unemployment