tailieunhanh - Anatomy of a Health Scare: Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK

Drug education programmes that are planned and implemented in consultation with parents are not only more successful, but also empower parents. Parents often have difficulty discussing drug issues with their children, yet parents are often cited by young people as the most trusted and the preferred source of information about health issues. Schools can assist parents by providing them with information about health and drug issues as part of their whole school approach. Schools working in partnership with parents can reduce some of the anxiety parents experience from the expectation that drug education is their sole responsibility. Outreach to. | I z A DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 3590 Anatomy of a Health Scare Education Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK Dan Anderberg Arnaud Chevalier Jonathan Wadsworth July 2008 Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of Labor Anatomy of a Health Scare Education Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK Dan Anderberg Royal Holloway University of London IFS CEPR and CESifo Arnaud Chevalier Royal Holloway University of London CEE Geary and IZA Jonathan Wadsworth Royal Holloway University of London cEp and IzA Discussion Paper No. 3590 July 2008 IZA . Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phone 49-228-3894-0 Fax 49-228-3894-180 E-mail iza@ Any opinions expressed here are those of the author s and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor IZA in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network workshops and conferences data service project support research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in i original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics ii development of policy concepts and iii dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3590 July 2008 ABSTRACT Anatomy of a Health Scare Education Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health .