Pedal to the Medals: How CityHealth Uses Legal Epidemiology to Promote Equity Through City-Level Policy Change

2025/11/05 by David H. Jernigan, David Jernigan, Katrina Forrest +4
Business, Management and Accounting · Health Professions · #Community Health and Development #Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology #Public Health Policies and Education

paper · doi:10.1017/jme.2025.10182

openalex created_date 2025/11/05 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

This article explores CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, as a model collaboration between attorneys, public health groups and city leaders that advances a package of 12 evidence-based policies addressing key social determinants of health and centering equity.

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