In the News

Welcome to the PLACE MATTERS News & Media section!

Studies have shown that where you live, can predict your health and well-being. There are a number of factors that shape the social and economic conditions in communities (housing, housing, transportation, education).  The news & media section will highlight both national and community "placed" based news, including stories and articles that illustrates both successful models that reduce health disparities, and those that have a negative impact on health outcomes.

UNC 34th Annual Minority Health Conference

Dr. Brian Smedley, Vice President and Directory, Health Policy Institute

February 22, 2013

View Dr. Smedley's keynote speech here.

Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Beyond the Affordable Care Act

Dr. Brian Smedley, Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute

January 31, 2013

African Americans who live in highly segregated counties are considerably more likely to die from lung cancer than those in counties that are less segregated, a new study found. It found that lung cancer mortality rates, a ratio of deaths to a population were about 20 percent higher for blacks who lived in the most segregated counties, than for blacks living in the least segregated counties.