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“Our Doors Are Open to Everybody”: Public Libraries as Common Ground for Public Health

Authors: Anna Uma Morgan, Roxanne Dupuis, Eliza Davenport Whiteman, Bernadette D’Alonzo, Carolyn C. Cannuscio

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 1/2017

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A fundamental problem of American cities is that they are highly “sorted,” with people divided by race, class, age, religion, and ethnicity, according to the urban scholar Mindy Fullilove [1]. Philadelphia is no exception, as one of the five most segregated of the 100 largest US cities [2]. In Philadelphia, as in cities across the USA, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and even supermarkets often reflect these stark demographic, cultural, and social divides, leaving few opportunities for people to interact with others from different backgrounds [3‐6]. …

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Title: “Our Doors Are Open to Everybody”: Public Libraries as Common Ground for Public Health
Authors: Anna Uma Morgan
Roxanne Dupuis
Eliza Davenport Whiteman
Bernadette D’Alonzo
Carolyn C. Cannuscio
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-016-0118-x

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