Redlining, Neighborhoods & Health: 80 Years of Divided Communities
When: Wed., Dec. 7, 7-8:30 p.m. 2016
Presented by Adam Perzynski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, Director, Patient-Centered Media Lab
Dr. Perzynski shares mounting local, national and historical evidence of a connection between neighborhood characteristics and individual health outcomes. Discover how segregation, lending decisions, internet access and decades-old housing policies are tied to present-day health disparities. Co-presented with The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation. Includes admission the Museum and This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, so arrive early to experience the exhibition.