Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities

Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities

In an effort to share our research with our constituents, PolicyLink continues to report—often in conjunction with partners—around equitable strategies that can help all Americans prosper. By “Lifting Up What Works” and spreading the stories of effective change on the ground, we highlight proven efforts to improve communities and support the work needed to replicate those efforts.

Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities

This report states that where you live determines how well you live, and that available resources are not always equally distributed. Communities of color and low-income communities face harmful community environments, such as poverty, toxins, or economic disinvestment, that compromise individual and community health. The framework described in this report provides a way to understand the relationship between community conditions and health, analyzes the connections among all the environmental factors that contribute to a healthy community, and identifies environmental effects on community health.

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Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities

Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities

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