SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY (CA)

Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, and Tulare Counties (CA)

Team Profile Summary

It is evident that health and quality of life are linked to where people live. Broad inequities are associated with accumulated challenges in poverty, housing and transportation, air quality, and access to jobs, schools, and recreation.  The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Place Matters project is a collaborative effort between the Central Valley Health Policy Institute at California State University Fresno, six of the SJV counties health department directors and/or their designees and key leaders in air and water quality, healthy food access, physical activity environments, access to health care and affordable housing and development.   Together, this collaboration presses to develop a sound regional agenda to improve health inequities.

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For more information and to become involved, please contact:

Team Lead: Dr. Marlene Bengiamin
Email: marleneb@csufresno.edu
Phone: 559-228-2167