Slide 23. Create Healthier Communities:.

Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color

On April 13, 2012, Brian D. Smedley made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council.

Slide 23. Create Healthier Communities:.

  • Improve food and nutritional options through incentives for Farmer's Markers and grocery stores, and regulation of fast food and liquor stores.
  • Structure land use and zoning policy to reduce the concentration of health risks.
  • Institute Health Impact Assessments to determine the public health consequences of any new housing, transportation, labor, education policies.

 

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Internet Citation: Slide 23. Create Healthier Communities:.: Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color. August 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2012-04-nac/smedley/smedleyslide23.html