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The Network adopts the World Health Organization’s definition of the social determinants of health: “The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the health system.” Specific social determinants of health include economic and housing stability, employment status, educational attainment, access to health care, access to healthy foods, exposure to crime and violence, and environmental conditions (see Healthy People.Gov). By improving neighborhood conditions, community development addresses multiple social determinants of health, thus providing a pathway and means to finance the neighborhood changes required to achieve health equity.