LOCATION: Falls Church, VA, U.S.A.

ORGANIZATION TYPE: Research

FOCUS AREA: Children / Families, Environment / Land Use, Health Care Delivery, Housing / Neighborhoods, Income & Wealth, International, Law, Media / Journalism, Public Health, Race / Ethnicity, Social Inclusion

HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES: ISMCH is developing strategies to incorporate nondiscrimination principles into health care regulations in order to make the health care delivery system function "as a system" at the community level. This strategy is intended to serve the total population within a geographical area in the most efficient, effective, and equitable way.