Consumer Health Foundation

The mission of the Consumer Health Foundation is to achieve health justice in the Washington, D.C. region through activities that advance the health and well being of historically underserved communities. We support initiatives that empower consumers to make decisions and take actions that improve personal, family and community health.

News & Notes

CHF’s Margaret K. O’Bryon Wins the Grantmakers in Health 2012 Terrance Keenan Award for Health Philanthropy!
Margaret will receive her award at GIH’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore in March 2012
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Releases Two Reports on Health Equity

Segregated Spaces, Risky Places: The Effects of Racial Segregation on Health Inequalities - This study demonstrates that metro areas with the highest levels of racial segregation have the largest racial health inequities.
A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s - The report looks at trends in the share of African American, Latino and white families in high-poverty neighborhoods since 1970, and found that black and Latino families are increasingly more likely than whites to live in high-poverty neighborhoods.
New Census Poverty Measure Shows Medical Expenses Push 10 Million More Americans into Poverty

In a recent blog, The Commonwealth Fund discuses the findings and implications of a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau which shows that health care is not only the most significant living expense faced by low-income families, but that the growing burden of health care is pushing even more families into poverty.
Philanthropy And Disparities: Progress, Challenges, And Unfinished Business
This article, published in Health Affairs, looks at how philanthropy has addressed racial health disparities and inequities over the past decade, including CHF’s advocacy work in the Social Determinants of Health Equity.

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