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ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

Social Determinants of Health

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The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities. Social determinants of health are the conditions in  which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at a global, national, and local levels. PEACH is here create a pipeline for contractors into the environmental industry.​

 

In his book Philadelphia Negro noted sociologist W.E.B. Dubois in 1899 talked about issues of equity:  “We must endeavor to eliminate, so far as possible, the problem elements which make a difference in health among people.” Dubois was ahead of his time in making this observation.

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The disparities between black and white people was evident and PEACH wants to act on that disparity. 

Health Equity – health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and that no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.”

 

Health equity also involves racial equity where black children have a greater exposure to lead.

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PEACH Culture

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  • Focused on equity because community voices raised the consciousness of disparity for residents that lived in the North East Central Durham community. 

  • Born out of the lingering effects of lead in housing in our community. 

  • Identified issues and created a community social enterprise culture around the concept for equity in our community.

  • Recommendations from 2018 Consensus conference. 

 

WHERE ARE WE GOING – Recommendations from the 2019 Situational Assessment

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  1. Design education and outreach campaign to educate resident and leaders.

  2. Integrate lead cleaning program into education and outreach activities. 

  3. Collaborate with Community Development and Durham Housing Authority to adapt HUD lead poisoning prevention policies to non-HUD rental properties. 

  4. Conduct lead dust testing in specified rental units (i.e. code violations, tenant turnover). 

  5. Collect data describing number of permits for pre-1978 residential properties issued by inspections and of the number, how many were registered as certified renovators. 

  6. Collaborate with city/county housing code and permitting enforcement programs to distribute City Renovate Right Brochure when they see contractors working on older properties and to collect follow-up information (i.e. renovation firm and contractor for contact information, address of property, type of work being done).

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