Journal
FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages S92-S101Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318202a87f
Keywords
African Americans; community change models; food desert; public policy
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Confronted by continuing health disparities m vulnerable communities, Community Health Councils (CHC), a nonprofit community based organization in South Los Angeles worked with the African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Coalition and research partners to develop a community change model to address the root causes of health disparities within the community s African American population This article discusses how the CHC Model s development and application led to public policy interventions in a food desert The CHC Model provided a systematic approach to engaging impacted communities in support of societal level reforms, with the goal to influence health outcomes
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