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Morehouse project helps East Point add health equity language to comprehensive plan; community advisory board formed to continue work
Summary
Morehouse School of Medicine presented results of a nearly $1.2 million federal health-equity demonstration in East Point: the project produced a community advisory board, community data maps and the explicit inclusion of health equity in the city’s comprehensive plan for the first time.
Morehouse School of Medicine and the City of East Point on May 19 reported the conclusion of a nearly four-year, federally funded project that aimed to advance health equity through local policy change and community capacity building, and described a community advisory board that will continue the work.
Megan Douglas of Morehouse School of Medicine told the council the project received $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and worked with city staff and local partners to analyze health data, hold public engagement and propose policy changes. “We were tasked…to identify, modify and implement local policies that create or…
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