Alameda County (CA)

Team Profile Summary

There are striking health inequities in Alameda County.  On average, an African American child living in a low-income Oakland neighborhood will die shortly after turning 68, while a white child living in the city's more affluent areas will die at after turning 83.  The Alameda County Place Matters team recognizes that our environment - social, economic, political, built - shapes us.  Therefore, we focus on what shapes the environment: policy.  We are working for equity in the systems that shape our opportunities for health, like education, economics, criminal justice, housing, land use, and transportation.

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For more information and to become involved, please contact:

Alexandra Desautels, MSW
Policy Analyst
Alameda County Public Health Department
1000 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, Ca 94607
Tel: (510)208-1235
Fax:(510) 268-7012
alexandra.desautels@acgov.org

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