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Health Equity: How Opportunities for Health are Shaped by Race and Ethnicity

Jun 10, 2020

Summary

Health Equity: How Opportunities for Health are Shaped by Race and Ethnicity, is a tool to normalize the conversation on why equity matters and the importance of addressing the conditions that restrict opportunities for good health and economic mobility.

The brief is based on Uneven Opportunities: How Conditions for Wellness Vary Across the Metropolitan Washington Region, a study produced by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Health Officials Committee. The study examines the health of the community at the census tract level, focusing on life expectancy and the factors that shape health.

The Health Equity Resources document provides definitions of equity terms along with recommended books, websites, and professional publications on equity, race, and racism.

Funders include: Healthcare Initiative Foundation, Potomac Health Foundation, Northern Virginia Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and CareFirst Bluecross BlueShield.

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