‘Child Opportunity Index’ Is Topic of NIMHD Health Equity Seminar, Nov. 4
On Thursday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. ET, the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series will feature Dr. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She will present “The Child Opportunity Index: Health Equity Applications.”
Acevedo-Garcia is an expert on social determinants of health and racial and ethnic health equity, especially for children. She is project director for diversitydatakids.org, a comprehensive research program and indicator database of well-being and opportunity for children in the U.S. with a focus on equity. Her talk will introduce the Child Opportunity Index, a measure of children’s neighborhood environment, and discuss its applications to measure neighborhood social determinants of health and racial/ethnic equity.
For reasonable accommodation, call (301) 402-1366. The talk will be videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=42689.
Learn about the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series at https://nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/conferences-events/directors-seminar-series/.