The Central Valley Is Fine If You Don’t Eat, Breathe, Or Get Sick
How Can We Improve the Health of One of the Nation’s Unhealthiest Places?
How can one of nation’s most unhealthy regions–the Central Valley of California–turn itself and its dismal statistics around? The answers lie in education, access, and addressing inequalities, a panel of healthcare professionals and advocates told a crowd at Fresno’s Arte Américas, at an event sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation.
The Valley’s health problems are well-documented. John Capitman, executive director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute, called its scores on the nation’s 10 leading health indicators (e.g., obesity and smoking rates and air quality) “a sad story.” The region meets …
