A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland's entrenched racial residential segregation renders the city's world-class medical facilities and services inaccessible to many Black residents living in its most divested neighborhoods. Arguing the need for post-pandemic health care facilities to address health inequit...

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Main Authors: Caitlin DeClercq PhD (Author), Mohammad Gharipour PhD (Author), Salman Mohagheghi PhD (Author), Andrew Tot Bui MArch (Author), Naomi Wong Hemme MArch (Author), Eric Johnson Bsc (Author)
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Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Baltimore, Maryland's entrenched racial residential segregation renders the city's world-class medical facilities and services inaccessible to many Black residents living in its most divested neighborhoods. Arguing the need for post-pandemic health care facilities to address health inequities as a practice of care-giving, this article describes a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to define a novel, transdisciplinary methodology for identifying ideal vacant sites for conversion into community clinics in Baltimore's most vulnerable neighborhoods. Positioning architecture as a social determinant of health, this paper suggests ethical and methodological reorientations toward a compassionate approach to clinic design and placement.
Item Description:0046-9580
1945-7243
10.1177/00469580221135953