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Turning Brownfields Into Hospitals Can Improve Public Health. It …

WEBIn this excerpt from “Health Colonialism,” geographer Shiloh Krupar examines the role of urban brownfields in health disparities and medical apartheid. In …

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It Just Got a Lot Easier to Connect Health Data to Other Data

WEBThe interface was designed to make connections across the raw information hidden in its data, which includes a wide array of datasets pulled from the Centers for …

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Our Cities’ Local Health Inequities Demand Local Solutions

WEBOur Cities’ Local Health Inequities Demand Local Solutions. Op-ed: Across U.S. cities, from neighborhood to neighborhood, urban policy decisions have driven …

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NYC Neighborhood Health Action Centers Confront Risk at the …

WEBThe people come and go, but neighborhood risk persists. To confront this problem, the New York City Health Department launched the Center for Health Equity …

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New ‘Health Professions Hub’ Will Welcome the Buffalo Community

WEBLooking at the needs of the West Side and overall region, Clemo believed the private college could get creative to address both. The result is the Health Professions …

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Reconnecting Urban Planning and Public Health

WEBA 2010 APA survey across planning agencies showed that 31 percent of responding jurisdictions were addressing public health topics in their comprehensive …

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Why Health-Care Systems Are Funding (Or Building) Grocery Stores

WEBObesity, diabetes, heart disease — all are linked to diet. So putting a full-service grocery store in the heart of low-income, underresourced neighborhoods, where …

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This Revenue Stream is Working Wonders for Community Health, …

WEBIf the New York State legislature doesn’t repeal or delay changes passed in last year’s state budget — intended to help close an $8 billion budget gap — Callen …

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How a Non-Carceral Response to Mental Health Crises Is Possible …

WEBThis Toronto program is embracing a non-coercive, person-centered approach to mental health. Maylin Tu December 13, 2023. Amanda and Akin, Mobile …

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COVID-19 Homelessness Response Must Include Hygiene …

WEBManaging the current public health crisis among unsheltered homeless populations requires a critical rethinking of how to provide public hygiene and sanitation …

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Meet the Black Women Behind the New Digital Startups Aimed at …

WEBInspired by the need to increase access to Black women physicians, Cooper partnered with another doctor, Monique Smith, in 2018 to found Culture Care.The digital …

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Online Story Map Connects History and Cleveland’s Health

WEBThe tool, the result of a collaboration between the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Place Matters initiative, …

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LA County Plans ‘Restorative Care Villages’ on Hospital Land

WEBSupervisor Solis embraced the vision and the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support it in 2017. In late 2019, the board approved $68.4 million for …

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The First ‘Menstrual Hub’ in the Country Is Open in Philadelphia

WEBThey started a GoFundMe last October, raising $24,000 to open what Medley believes to be the first menstrual hub in the country. (The fundraiser has now raised …

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When Green Spaces Displace Residents, Our Cities’ Health Suffers

WEBEven as increasing urban green spaces can help improve well-being, by displacing and pricing out residents, doing so in a way that leads to gentrification can …

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Waste Mismanagement Puts Low-Income Communities’ Health at …

WEBThe pressure of so many stressors creates a great burden for these communities to carry, leading to disproportionately high instances of mental health …

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There Are Still Barriers Keeping People of Color from Mental …

WEBAccording to community based national nonprofit, Mental Health America, Black and Brown people living below the poverty line are twice as likely to report serious …

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A Resource Center For Unhoused Portlanders Focuses On Peer …

WEBRespect for lived experience and peer-led support are at the core of the new center that will serve unhoused community members with mental illness or substance …

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How Street Vendors Finally Made Street Food Legal in California

WEBFood vendors were found to have a disproportionately positive impact on the local economy, generating $1.60 in local economic activity for every $1 in revenue, …

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