Addressing Health Disparities Is a Place-Based Issue

Addressing Health Disparities Is a Place-Based Issue Affiliation Irene Dankwa-Mullan MD, MPH, and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable MDIrene Dankwa-Mullan is Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable is Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD 20892-5465 (e-mail: eliseo.email protectedgov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CONTRIBUTORSBoth authors contributed equally to this article. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303077 Accepted: January 12, 2016 Published Online: March 09, 2016