Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity

Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Health and Medicine Division,National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

ISBN 10: 0309452961 / ISBN 13: 9780309452960

Editore: National Academies Press, 2017

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• Titolo: Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0309452961
• ISBN 13: 9780309452960
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

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