These are challenging times. A lot of changes on the political landscape, both in the United States and globally. But in California, we’ve been on the move. With Building Healthy Communities and many other partners working together, California has started to rebuild our tattered social compact. We’ve got 5 million people newly insured across the […]
When you look at this country compared to other developed countries, there’s something that stands out very quickly. We spend on a per-person basis, much more money on medical care than anybody in the world. Yet despite how much we spend, we don’t get good bang for our buck in health outcomes. Our life expectancy […]
How will we use our resources to help people navigate our healthcare system? The reality is only 10% of what shapes our health happens in the doctor’s office. Most of what determines our health outcomes happens in society. Watch the video to learn more.
In an age of sophisticated healthcare technologies and research tools, the doctors you see or hospitals you visit are only a small part of what determines your health. Through extensive research and data analysis, one doctor has discovered that your zip code may matter more to your well-being than your genetic code. Dr. Anthony Iton […]
Author: Dr. Anthony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment. “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see […]
Dr. Anthony Iton is Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment. He oversees the organization’s 10-Year, $1 billion statewide commitment to advancing policies and forging partnerships to build healthy communities and a healthy California. Dr. Iton believes that reinvigorating democracy in California’s underserved communities is the first step in improving residents’ health. […]
Seeing great community organizers at work changed the way I think about health. From 2000 to 2003, I was director of health and human services for Stamford, Connecticut in Fairfield County, one of the most unequal places in America. While hedge fund managers help give Fairfield one of the higher median household incomes in the […]
Originally published in Crisis Magazine, Winter 2016 Issue. By Anthony Iton When it comes to your health, your zip code is more important than your genetic code. In the United States, your zip code is often just a proxy for your race and income. I came to understand this fundamental truth while in medical school, […]
By Dr. Anthony Iton When it comes to your health, your zip code matters more than your genetic code. Give me your address, and I’ll tell you how long you’ll live. I’ve been repeating these phrases to anyone who will listen since I was first vested with the responsibility to protect the health and safety […]
