In a recent blog article featured on Urban Wire, Urban Institute author Laudy Aron comments on the relationship between place and disadvantage and the effects on health outcomes. She outlines several policy steps that are needed to ensure that all Americans have access to support and resources they need to live “healthy, productive, and fulfilling…
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On May 23rd, Director Steven Woolf will be among the distinguished panelists presenting in the opening plenary session in Bethesda, MD at The Practical Playbook National Meeting, an event aimed at bringing public health and primary care together through cross-sector collaboration and the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement. The meeting will primarily…
We are pleased to announce that Engaging Richmond team member Chanel Bea has been selected by the online magazine, RVANews, as one of Richmond’s “Fascinating People 2016.” As an awardee, Ms. Bea will be among several guest speakers whom the magazine has deemed a “favorite talker” because they have provided insight, wisdom, and information in…
On January 6, 2016, Dr. Steven Woolf gave a presentation on “What Shapes Health (and Health Inequities)” at the Institute of Medicine Committee on Community Based Solutions to Promote Health meeting in Washington, D.C. The committee was convened at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine the evidence on solutions to promote…
Engaging Richmond team member Chimere Miles has been nominated for the Mrs. Mary Thompson “Mrs. T” Community Engagement Award to be presented February 13, 2016 at the Inaugural Good Neighbor Awards hosted by Storefront. Ms. Miles will be among four Richmond residents recognized at the Awards for their work to realize the potential of the…
New life expectancy maps, released by the Center on Society and Health on December 2, 2015, illustrate that opportunities to lead a long and healthy life can vary dramatically by neighborhood in the cities of Denver, Phoenix, and Tulsa. In Denver, if you travel 10 miles down I-25 from Globeville to Washington Park, life expectancy…
On Friday November 13th, Engaging Richmond hosted a celebration luncheon at the East District Family Resource Center to celebrate the work and contributions of project participants in VCU Center on Society and Health’s SEED Method Study, a novel approach designed to engage community stakeholders in developing research questions around health related topics. These community stakeholders…
In a recent Health Affairs blog article, Urban Institute researcher Laudy Aron responded to a new widely publicized study released by two Princeton economists, Angus Deaton and Anne Case, on the startling rise of death rates among middle-aged white Americans. While Aron acknowledges their study addresses an “urgent national problem,” she argues that by combining…
As part of the Center’s ongoing work on the Big Data Demonstration Project, director Steve Woolf, and one of the Center’s community engagement leaders, Amber Haley, traveled to San Diego to meet with the project’s Community Design Team as well as research partners from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the San Diego…
Article by Travis White, Engaging Richmond member Engaging Richmond has been working hard on its latest community research project and has been actively reaching out and partnering with community organizations and their members. On August 20, 2015 Engaging Richmond members participated in the 3rd annual East End Community Field Day hosted by Richmond Promise Neighborhood…