Join us for the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series with Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Ph.D., MPA-URP on Thursday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. ET. She will present “The Child Opportunity Index: Health Equity Applications.” Her presentation will:
- Introduce the Child Opportunity Index (COI), a measure of children's neighborhood environment.
- Explore the COI’s applications to measure neighborhood social determinants of health and racial/ethnic equity.
- Present examples of applications of the COI for measuring and addressing health equity in health research, public health, and the health care sector (e.g., community health needs assessments).
- Discuss extensions of the COI such as new data on historic neighborhood redlining practices and their potential applications to health equity.
Dr. Acevedo-Garcia is the Samuel F. and Rose B. Gingold Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, and Director of the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Her research focuses on the social determinants of racial/ethnic inequities in health, the role of social policies in reducing those inequities, and the health and well-being of children with special needs and their families.
Watch live or later at https://videocast.nih.gov/
We welcome questions before and during the seminar at NIMHDDSS@mail.nih.gov.
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