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To address the root causes of health disparities, beyond healthcare and health behaviors, by supporting projects, policies and research that will enable every resident to achieve their optimal level of health — regardless of where they live, learn, work, play or age.
Goal: Improving opportunities for health and achieving health equity in the District.
Strategy Description: Build Multi-Sector Collaborations and Promote Health in All Policies; Leverage Community-Based Participatory Research; and Demonstrate Health Equity Practice Change.
Level of Change: Systems
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Data Category Tag: Equity and Justice
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Estimated Ease of Implementation: Hard
Estimated Cost of Implementation: Low
Potential Community Benefit: Very High
Research: Evidence shows that overall, clinical care drives only 20% of population health outcomes, with the remaining 80% generated by non-clinical determinants.
