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Groundbreaking Town Hall Meeting to Explore Why Race, Income and Geography Can Predict Health

Date:3/27/2008

Social determinants of health discussed by international experts

WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A town hall meeting in the nation's capital will, for the first time, bring together leading heart disease and stroke prevention experts from around the world to examine how race, income, education and geography can predict how healthy we are in the United States.

The meeting, to be held March 28 on the campus of George Washington University, will bring together thought leaders from health care, business, industry, the policy arena, academia, and faith organizations to examine health disparities related to heart disease and stroke -- the first and third killers of men and women in the U.S. At the center of dialogue will be the acclaimed California Newsreel PBS documentary "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"

The California Newsreel PBS documentary "UNNATURAL CAUSES ... Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" illustrates that the growing inequity in the distribution in disease results from the effect of social and economic inequalities in the United States. The documentary validates that how people live, where they live, and their overall social conditioning create chronic stress, which leads to chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke.

"It is not enough to just talk about eliminating disparities in heart disease and stroke. Those of us in positions to influence resources and policies that can improve housing, education, employment and healthcare must join together in deliberate actions that will ensure the elimination of these disparities. The mission of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) obligates us to be a catalyst for stimulating this kind of action -- in order to improve the health of all Americans and to ensure that African American children know their grandparents. The National Forum Town Hall Meeting and Leaders Luncheon are an opportunity to further encourage collaborations that keep elimination
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