Week 12 (11/16) – Health care access and public health (CD)

How is health shaped by where you live or by the color of your skin? Why? 

Watch:

Jones, C. (2018, April 18). Dr. Camara Jones Explains the Cliff of Good Health. Urban Institute.

Read:

Dwyer, D. & Barthel, M. (2021, Oct 20). ‘We Are Literally Terrified Of Giving Birth’: The Road To Motherhood Is Different For Black Women Around D.C. DCist.

Barthel, M., Dwyer, D., & Gomez, A.M. (2022, Aug 18). ‘We Want Them To Feel Uplifted’: This Health Clinic Fills A Gap In Care For Pregnant People In Wards 7 And 8. DCist.

King, C. J., Buckley, B. O., Maheshwari, R., & Griffith, D. M. (2022). Race, Place, And Structural Racism: A Review of Health and History In Washington, D.C. Health Affairs, 41(2), 273–280.

Submit by 11am:

1) Response blog CD-5: Why do low-income communities and communities of color bear disproportionate health burdens in our society? Is it inevitable? What are the implications? (250 words)

2) Draft neighborhood case study (RS&I)

Speaker: Mariah Oates, Communications Manager, Mamatoto Village