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Tackling the Health Problems That Poverty Causes

WebAlthough the U.S. spends nearly twice as much per person on healthcare as other high-income nations, Americans are sicker and die younger than residents of other …

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New ‘Health Professions Hub’ Will Welcome the Buffalo …

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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NYC Neighborhood Health Action Centers Confront Risk …

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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Turning Brownfields Into Hospitals Can Improve Public …

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

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Building a Space for Indigenous Healthcare in New York City

WebFor the launch of the Urban Indigenous Collective (UIC), the co-founders set up a booth on Randall’s Island, in New York City, for an event in honor of Indigenous …

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Welcome to Your Friendly Neighborhood Mental Health …

WebEach patient is assigned to a psychiatrist, mental health therapist and licensed case manager. Everyone also receives a variety of “expressive therapies” such …

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

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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Our Cities’ Local Health Inequities Demand Local …

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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This Revenue Stream is Working Wonders for Community …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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An Oklahoma Home Is Filling A Major Gap In Child Mental Health …

WebGrand Lake Mental Health, a certified community behavioral health clinic that serves 12 counties in northeastern and central Oklahoma, is looking to change that with …

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The City Offering Grief Support for Families Affected by Fatal …

WebPhiladelphia’s overdose bereavement services were started in 2019 by social worker Laura Vargas, part of a team providing bereavement services in the city Medical …

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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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