Slide 27. Moving from Science to Practice-The Joint Center Place Matters Initiative

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 27. Moving from Science to Practice-The Joint Center Place Matters Initiative.

Objectives:

  • Build the capacity of local leaders to address the social and economic conditions that shape health.
  • Engage communities to increase their collective capacity to identify and advocate for community-based strategies to address health disparities.
  • Support and inform efforts to establish data-driven strategies and data-based outcomes to measure progress.
  • Establish a national learning community of practice to accelerate applications of successful strategies.

 

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Internet Citation: Slide 27. Moving from Science to Practice-The Joint Center Place Matters Initiative: 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/smedleyslide27.html