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EVENT: Arkansas Minority Health Summit- April 18th
Host: Arkansas Minority Health Commission Location: 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202 Date: Friday, April 18, 2014 Time: 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM Join public health leaders…
More Americans Get Covered in States Embracing ACA
According to the Gallup poll released yesterday, the uninsured rate is dropping faster in states that have fully embraced the Affordable Care Act. The uninsured rate among adults 18 years and…
Happy Emancipation Day DC!
Click here for a list of events this week, commemorating Washington, D.C. ending slavery. And listen here to Joint Center Interim President and CEO, Spencer Overton, on NewsOneNow discuss Senator Jim DeMint’s recent comments on the…
SAVE THE DATE! Minority Health Twitter Chat April 23 @ 1PM ET
REACH Minority National Organizations Twitter Chat As part of National Minority Health Month, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will host a Twitter chat on Wednesday, April 23, at 1:00pm EST…
Place Matters’ Purpose
Eliminating Health Disparities By Addressing the Social Determinants of Health PLACE MATTERS is a national initiative of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Health Policy Institute (www.jointcenter.org). The initiative…
Local Collaborations Implementing Upstream Solutions Place Matters Teams
Local Collaborations Implementing Upstream Solutions The premise for structuring PLACE MATTERS Teams on a local level was to establish community-based leadership that could focus on specific social conditions tied to…
Labs
Moving from Design to ACTION Since 2006, the PLACE MATTERS initiative has supported multi-disciplinary teams to address social factors that lead to poor health. The PLACE MATTERS initiative provides a…
Resources
Welcome to the Place Matters Resource page! This section has been developed to provide information sources that are intended for the broader community, i.e. policy leaders, advocates, local, state, and…
Webinars
The Place Matters Initiative has developed a series of webinars to support the participating teams to further their work in their communities. The following is a list of our webinars.…
REACH
REACH is a national initiative vital to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. Through REACH, CDC supports awardee partners…