{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland.
{Author}: DeClercq C;Gharipour M;Mohagheghi S;Tot Bui A;Hemme NW;Johnson E;
{Journal}: Inquiry
{Volume}: 60
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2023 Jan-Dec
{Factor}: 2.099
{DOI}: 10.1177/00469580221135953
{Abstract}: Baltimore, Maryland's entrenched racial residential segregation renders the city's world-class medical facilities and services inaccessible to many Black residents living in its most divested neighborhoods. Arguing the need for post-pandemic health care facilities to address health inequities as a practice of care-giving, this article describes a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to define a novel, transdisciplinary methodology for identifying ideal vacant sites for conversion into community clinics in Baltimore's most vulnerable neighborhoods. Positioning architecture as a social determinant of health, this paper suggests ethical and methodological reorientations toward a compassionate approach to clinic design and placement.