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PLACE MATTERS for Health: Addressing the Root Causes of Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities

Joint Center for Politicial and Economic Studies

September 2011

This fact sheet explains the Health Policy Institute's PLACE MATTERS program, an initiative which seeks to improve the health of participating communities by addressing conditions in the natural environment, built environment, and social environment that lead to poor health.

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