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Health equity coalition vision

Nov 17, 2014

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Health & Medicine

Envisioning health equity in Hillsborough County: where we are, where we need to be and how we're going to get there.
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  • 1. Peter A. Gorski, M.D., M.P.A.
    Childrens Board of Hillsborough County and
    University of South Florida
    Envisioning Health Equity

2. Social Determinants of Health and Wealth
Your neighborhood
Physical, social, economic, educational qualities
Your skin color
Race, ethnicity
Whos your daddy
Parents education, income, health, social capital
3. Poverty Sickens
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  • Strong connections between child health and adult health

4. Between child wealth and adult wealth 5. Between child wealth and adult health 6. Regardless of childs health condition 7. Regardless if social class changes from childhood to adulthood 8. Childhood poverty gets biologically embedded