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Did you know that the disparity in life spans of the rich and the poor is growing wider each year, and it all starts by time an infant turns the age of three?
The National Center for Community Strategies advances quality healthcare by working with local communities to reduce health inequities among children and adults by addressing conditions that lead to poor health outcomes.
- NCFCS continuously assesses the impact of all policies and programs on racial and ethnic health inequities
- NCFCS promotes integrated approaches, evidence-based programs and best practices to reduce these disparities
- NCFCS provides practical guidance, resources, and tools for communities to use in evaluating their programs to address health inequities
- NCFCS leads and coordinates activities that improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations by engaging a broad range of stakeholders and decision makers in concrete and feasible plans to eliminate health inequities
- NCFCS develops and implements strategies to identify and address disparities and inequities in care delivery and health outcomes
- NCFCS systematically collect data on social risk factors and other barriers to improve population health
- NCFCS provides customized trainings, a variety of tools and products, and individualized technical assistance to help our communities succeed in their efforts to reduce health inequities
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