Where Do You Live? Health and Health Care Disparities in Black America
AHRQ's 2012 Annual Conference Slide Presentation
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Slide 1
Where Do You Live? Health and Health Care Disparities in Black America
Moderator
Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D., Director
Office of Extramural Research, Education & Priority Populations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
September 10, 2012
Slide 2
Session Objectives
- Identify examples of social, economic, and environmental conditions that shape health inequities.
- Identify examples of how race and class segregation increase risks for poor health for many minorities.
- Outline action steps that are working to bridge the gap in health outcomes.
- Identify the importance of creating the components of a Mega-Learning Community.
Slide 3
Addressing Health Inequities Where They Persist
Brian Smedley, PhD
Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Washington, DC
Slide 4
Internal Community Input as a Driver of Change
Shannon Cosgrove, MHA
Project Manager, Health Equity YMCA
Co-lead, DC Place Matters
Slide 5
Moving From Consequences to Conditions
Michael Scott
Founder, Equity Matters, Inc.
Team Lead/Chair, Baltimore Place Matters
Slide 6
Questions?
http://www.jointcenter.org/hpi/pages/place-matters
Images: Photograph show a group of people working in an urban garden allotment, a black man selling vegetables at a farmer's market, and a Hispanic girl lying on the grass with her head in her hands and bare feet in the air. The logo of the Joint Center is also shown.
