Health and Medicine Division

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States

Used as a text book. Some markings and dog eared pages. Example in photo

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Kentucky

Social Studies

Pathways to Health Equity

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Communities in Action

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Kathryn H.  Kavanagh

Patricia H. Kennedy

Some light highlighting through the book, but it does not affect readability.

Increasingly, health care professionals work in settings composed of ethnically, socially and economically disparate populations. Kavanagh and Kennedy analyze the issues that surround cultural, gender, ideological and experiential diversity, and focus on communication skills and intervention strategies that are effective in situations characterized by diversity. They also present a repertoire of experiential strategies and aids for learning about diversity and offer scenarios, collages and extensive case studies to illustrate and encourage the analysis of real life situations.

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Washington

Strategies for Health Care Professionals

Increasingly, health care professionals work in settings composed of ethnically, socially and economically disparate populations. Kavanagh and Kennedy analyze the issues that surround cultural, gender, ideological and experiential diversity, and focus on communication skills and intervention strategies that are effective in situations characterized by diversity. They also present a repertoire of experiential strategies and aids for learning about diversity and offer scenarios, collages and extensive case studies to illustrate and encourage the analysis of real life situations.

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Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States

Communities in Action

Kathryn H. Kavanagh; Patricia H. Kennedy

Promoting Cultural Diversity

Dr. Renee Branch Canady

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Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States

Communities in Action

Kathryn H. Kavanagh; Patricia H. Kennedy

Promoting Cultural Diversity

Dr. Renee Branch Canady

Room at the Table