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Topic: Place MattersResearch
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. This publication is available for download by clicking the link below.
September 2011
Members of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health review a study on the effect of segregation, including neighborhood racial composition and concentration of poverty, on health. This presentation was originally given at the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
September 2011
Representative Donna Christensen (D-VI) explores the connection between health equity and social equity and how policy can help end health disparities. This presentation was given as part of the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
September 2011
The Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center of the Urban Institute presents data on poverty, where it is found, and who is affected by it. This presentation was originally given at the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.
Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
September 2011
This fact sheet presents a summary of findings on the economic burden of health disparities in the United States.
September 2011
This fact sheet summarizes the results of A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s.
September 2011
This fact sheet summarizes the findings of Segregated Spaces, Risky Places: The Effects of Racial Segregation on Health Inequalities.
September 2011
The director of the Environmental Health Services Division of the government of King County, Washington, discusses equity and the King County PLACE MATTERS team. This presentation was given during the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
September 2011
The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health presents findings from a study entitled Segregated Spaces, Risky Places: Racial Segregation and Its Effect on Health Inequalities. This presentation was given at the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.
Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
September 2011
The Praxis Project discusses its racial and social justice initiative. This presentation was given at the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference.Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
