Centers for Population Health

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** Centers for Population Health will be created to: 1) expand understanding of the social (e.g., income disparities, racial discrimination) and other causes of cancer-related health disparities, 2) develop new hypotheses for cancer control at social, institutional, and policy levels, and 3) develop, apply, evaluate, and disseminate interventions to improve population health. (from The NCI Strategic Plan to Reduce Health Disparities)