and North America. The first survey was carried out in 2002.

Gap in physical health between rich and poor

Income-based differences in life satisfaction and physical activity among Irish adolescents grew between 2002 and 2010.

There was better news for Ireland in the area of mental health, with Prof Elgar’s analysis showing young Irish people from poor backgrounds were at little or no disadvantage to their wealthier peers. Ireland ranked as the most equal country after Austria for psychological symptoms and seventh for “somatic symptoms”.

“Ireland is relatively unequal in terms of inequalities in body mass, physical activity and life satisfaction between most and least affluent youths. However, it has moved up the rankings – became more equal – in inequalities in mental and physical health symptoms,” Prof Elgar told The IrishSearch

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PHSC to Host “Making MLK Matter Again, Finding Meaning in The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 50 Years After His Death”

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D.

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Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) will host the 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Series featuring Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., associate professor, Ohio State University and faculty member at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. Jeffries will present “Making MLK Matter Again, Finding Meaning in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 50 Years after his Death.”

Three presentations are scheduled over a two-day period, offered at no cost:

Jeffries earned an MA and Ph.D. in American history from Duke University, North Carolina. He is an associate professor at The Ohio State University Department