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028 52 1062777|bKanopy 
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099    Streaming Video Kanopy 
245 00 Unnatural causes.|pPlace matters.|h[Kanopy electronic 
       resource] 
246 30 Place matters 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 30 min., 25
       sec.) :|bdigital, .flv file, sound 
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500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2008. 
520    Why is your street address such a good predictor of your 
       health? Latino and Southeast Asian immigrants like Gwai 
       Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban 
       neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a 
       predominantly Black city in the San Francisco Bay Area. 
       Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, 
       and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the 
       health of long-time African American residents, and now 
       the newcomers' health is suffering too. In Gwai's 
       environment, petrochemical companies release tons of 
       pollutants each year. But other environmental factors may 
       pose a greater threat to his health. Richmond has higher 
       than average rates of asthma hospitalization, higher rates
       of diabetes, and lower life expectancy. Not coincidentally,
       Gwai's area also has higher rates of poverty, lower income
       rates, and lower rates of educational attainment. Tobacco,
       liquor and fast food are everywhere, but fresh produce 
       isn't. Quality affordable housing is hard to find, and so 
       are safe places to play and exercise. Sixty-five years ago,
       Richmond was a boom town. During World War II, the Kaiser 
       shipyard ran 24 hours a day. The war effort drew workers 
       of all ethnicities. But when the war ended and the 
       shipyards closed, thousands of jobs left. Many white 
       families took advantage of federally backed home loans to 
       start fresh in new areas, but discriminatory policies and 
       practices excluded people of colour from those same 
       opportunities. Between 1934 and 1962, less than 2% of 
       {dollar}120 billion in government-backed home loans went 
       to non-white households. In Northern California around the
       same time period, out of 350,000 federally guaranteed new 
       home loans, fewer than 100 went to Black families. All 
       across America, in cities like Richmond, African Americans
       were left behind in increasingly neglected neighborhoods. 
       As social conditions worsen, so does health. Studies have 
       shown, for example, that living in a disadvantaged 
       neighborhood leads to a 50-80% increase in risk for heart 
       disease, the number one killer in America. One reason is 
       chronic stress. Worrying about violence, lousy schools, 
       and unpaid bills; living in substandard housing or a 
       polluted environment; not having good access to fresh food,
       reliable transportation, or safe public spaces, all of 
       these have a negative, even toxic effect on health. In the
       Pacific Northwest, a neighborhood that was once much like 
       Richmond, High Point in West Seattle, is emerging as a 
       promising alternative. Community members, local government
       and developers took a radical approach in rebuilding this 
       neighborhood, using federal funding to create a mixed-
       income community with health as its focus. Here, community
       gardeners grow and sell organic produce to other 
       residents; neighbors socialize along clean, safe streets; 
       children play in the park; and families with asthma 
       breathe easily in specially designed homes. Although High 
       Point isn't perfect, it's an example of what can happen 
       when residents, government agencies, local officials, 
       foundations and private business work together and take 
       health into account. As Harvard's David Williams reminds 
       us, Housing policy is health policy. Neighborhood 
       improvement policies are health policies. Everything that 
       we can do to improve the quality of life for individuals 
       in our society has an impact on their health and is a 
       health policy. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Immigrants|zCalifornia|zRichmond. 
650  0 Southeast Asians|zCalifornia|zRichmond. 
650  0 Hispanic Americans|zCalifornia|zRichmond. 
650  0 African Americans|zCalifornia|zRichmond. 
650  0 Environmental health|zCalifornia|zRichmond. 
650  0 Documentary films. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
655  7 Documentary films, television films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Boonkeut, Gwai,|econtributor. 
700 1  Williams, David,|econtributor. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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