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

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing

DOI: 10.1177/00469580221135953

Authors: Caitlin DeClercq, Mohammad Gharipour, Salman Mohagheghi, Andrew Tot Bui, Naomi Wong Hemme, Eric Johnson

Institutions: Columbia University, University of Maryland, College Park, Morgan State University, Colorado School of Mines

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,200