Research Catalog

Title

Communities in action : pathways to health equity / Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States ; James N. Weinstein, Amy Geller, Yamrot Negussie, and Alina Baciu, editors ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Health and Medicine Division.

Publication

• Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Weinstein, James N.
• Geller, Amy (Amy B.)
• Negussie, Yamrot
• Baciu, Alina
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

xxiv, 557 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Subject

• Public health
• Equality > Health aspects
• Health Equity
• Healthcare Disparities
• Community Health Planning
• Health Promotion
• Socioeconomic Factors
• United States

Note

• "A report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The need to promote health equity -- The state of health disparities in the United States -- The root causes of health inequity -- The role of communities in promoting health equity -- Examples of communities tackling health equity -- Examples of communities tackling health inequity -- Policies to support community solutions -- Partners in promoting health equity in communities -- Community tools to promote health equity.

ISBN

• 9780309452960
• 0309452961
• 9780309452977 (canceled/invalid)
• 030945297X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017005055

OCLC

• ocn968772892
• 968772892
• SCSB-5894048

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries