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Tackling Neighborhood Poverty to Improve Children’s Health: What role can doctors play in driving community investment?

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on November 1, 2022

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Watch the recording of Build Health Places Network’s Network Commons, Tackling Neighborhood Poverty to Improve Children’s Health: What role can doctors play in driving community investment?

The live conversation, which aired on November 1, 2022, explored how doctors and hospitals can play a pivotal role in creating healthier and more opportunity-rich environments for children and families. BHPN’s Executive Director, Douglas Jutte, spoke with panelists from Boston Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Cincinnati, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital to discuss the important roles they and their hospital partners played in guiding and accelerating neighborhood investments that are improving health outcomes in communities they serve.


Featured Speakers included: 

  • Hannah Hasan, Spoken Word Artist, Epoch Tribe
  • Kierra Barnett, PhD, MPH – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio: Research Scientist at the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research 
  • Andrew Beck, MD, MPH – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Pediatrician and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics 
  • Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Medical Director & Founder of the Community Asthma Prevention Program; Chief Health Equity Officer of CHOP’s Center for Health Equity 
  • Megan Sandel, MD – Boston Medical Center and Boston University: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health

Watch the Recording:

Learn more:

Imagine a Child – A Poem By Hannah Hasan

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