Soledad O’Brien speaks with Dr. Eugenia South, a Philadelphia emergency room physician involved in projects to improve health outcomes for people living in distressed communities.
Soledad O'Brien's 'Matter of Fact Listening Tour' continues with a third segment focusing on local activists and social justice pioneers making change.
In an unprecedented effort to address the harmful effects of structural racism on health, 60 predominantly Black neighborhoods in Philadelphia will be part of an ambitious study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention addressing both environmental and economic injustice on health and well-being, led by Penn Medicine researchers Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP, and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.