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DPH launches Black/African'American Health Initiative to address long'standing disparities

San Francisco Health Commission · February 17, 2015
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Summary

The department presented a multi'pronged Black/African'American Health Initiative that pairs cultural'humility training, workforce development and collective'impact metrics to tackle persistent disparities across cardiovascular disease, alcoholism'related deaths, breast cancer mortality and reproductive health.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health outlined a new Black/African'American Health Initiative and design team aimed at addressing entrenched disparities in multiple health indicators.

Roland Pickens, director of the San Francisco Health Network, described a two'tier structure: a smaller design team of core staff and a larger think tank of more than 70…

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