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JOINT CENTER IDENTIFIES SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AS KEY TO BLACK INFANT MORTALITY
April 18, 2008
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JOINT CENTER IDENTIFIES SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AS KEY TO BLACK INFANT MORTALITY
Who: The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will conduct a workshop underscoring the importance of social determinants of health as a key factor in the high rates of infant mortality facing African American women. This workshop is scheduled in conjunction with the National Healthy Start Association’s Annual Spring Conference.
What: The Joint Center workshop will feature “When the Bough Breaks”-- a segment of the new PBS series entitled “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” The PBS series investigates the correlation of health status and longevity with class status and the additional burden of risks tied to racism. Gina E. Wood, Deputy Director of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ Health Policy Institute will moderate a panel discussion immediately following the screening. Panel speakers will include: Dr. Fleda Jackson, Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University; Dr. Katherine La Guardia, Director of Medical Affairs at Ortho-McNeill Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Ruth Watson-Lubic, Executive Director of the Washington, DC Birthing Project.
Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel-Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001 – Ticonderoga/York Town/Valley Forge Rooms
When: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
To register as press for the event or to acquire additional information, please contact Felicia Eaves, Special Projects Coordinator by phone or e-mail, as listed above.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is one of the premier research and public policy institutions and the only one whose work focuses primarily on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color.
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