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Health Equity: Progress and Pitfalls

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held a Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference entitled Health Equity: Progress and Pitfalls on June 7, 2011. Dr. Brian Smedley of the Health Poilcy Institute made a presentation on Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: Moving from Science to Policy and Practice.

The archived webcast of the conference, along with slides, agendas, and other materials, can be found at the UNC Minority Health Project website.

Part One: National Health Reform and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

On December 3, 2010, the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College hosted a health policy conference entitled National Health Reform and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care. Dr. Brian Smedley, Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, made the opening key note speech at the conference.

Pivot Point: Health Disparities and Healthcare Reform

Maya Rockeymore interviews Brian Smedley and discusses healthcare reform and issues of healthcare disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations. View the video at GlobalPolicy.TV.

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PLACE MATTERS National Conference 2011

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Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Health Inequities

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Cites Dr. Brian Smedley

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Building Stronger Communities for Better Health

December 4, 2011

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