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Communities in Action - Pathways to Health Equity (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 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; Edited by Alina Baciu, …
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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. Table of Contents
Front Matter Summary 1 The Need to Promote Health Equity 2 The
State of Health Disparities in the United States 3 The Root Causes
of Health Inequity 4 The Role of Communities in Promoting Health
Equity 5 Examples of Communities Tackling Health Inequity 6
Policies to Support Community Solutions 7 Partners in Promoting
Health Equity in Communities 8 Community Tools to Promote Health
Equity 9 Conclusion Appendix A: Native American Health: Historical
and Legal Context Appendix B: Community-Level Indicators and
Interactive Tools for Health Equity Appendix C: Public Meeting
Agendas Appendix D: Committee Biographical Sketches
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