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Healthy Communities Matter: The Importance of Place to the Health of Boys of Color
The RAND Corporation, PolicyLink, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at Drexel University’s School of Public Health, and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University.http://www.calendow.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/BMOC/The%20California%20Endowment%20-%20Healthy%20Communities%20Matter%20-%20Report.pdf
This report funded by The California Endowment combines the collective research efforts of the RAND Corporation, PolicyLink, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School and the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice Drexel University’s School of Public Health and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University. It highlights how the neighborhoods where African-American and Latino boys and young men grow up directly influence their health outcomes, and points to the need for comprehensive, systems-based policy solutions implemented at the community level.
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