Tackling health inequities through public health practice : theory to action / edited by Richard Hofrichter and Rajiv Bhatia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hofrichter, Richard.

Bhatia, Rajiv.

National Association of County & City Health Officials (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility--United States.

Health services accessibility.

United States.

Social medicine--United States.

Social medicine.

Public health--United States.

Public health.

Healthcare Disparities.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Minority Health.

Public Health Practice.

Social Justice.

Medical Subjects:

Healthcare Disparities.

United States.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Minority Health.

Public Health Practice.

Social Justice.

Physical Description:

xvii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"Social justice has always been a core value driving public health. Today, much of the etiology of avoidable disease is rooted in inequitable social conditions brought on by disparities in wealth and power and reproduced through ongoing forms of oppression, exploitation, and marginalization. Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Practice raises questions and provides a starting point for health practitioners ready to reorient public health practice to address the fundamental causes of health inequities. This reorientation involves restructuring the organization, culture and daily work of public health. Tackling Health Inequities is meant to inspire readers to imagine or envision public health practice and their role in ways that question contemporary thinking and assumptions, as emerging trends, social conditions, and policies generate increasing inequities in health"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Tackling health inequities : a framework for public health practice / Richard Hofrichter

Why health equity? / Amartya Sen

Health equity and social justice / Fabienne Peter

United States : social inequality and the burden of poor health / Laura D. Kubzansky ... [et al.]

A framework for measuring health inequity / Yukiko Asada

Promoting social jsutice through public health policies, programs, and services / Alonzo Plough

Structural racism and community building / Keith Lawrence ... [et al.]

Coronary heart disease, chronic inflammation, and pathogenic social hierarchy : a biological limit to possible reductions in morbidity and mortality / Rodrick Wallace, Deborah Wallace, and Robert G. Wallace

Social sources of racial disparities in health / David R. Williams and Pamela Braboy Jackson

Class exploitation and psychiatric disorders / Carles Muntaner ... [et al.]

Beyond the income inequality hypothesis : class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities / David Coburn

Gender inequity in health : why it exists and how we can change it / Gita Sen and Piroska Ostlin

Initiating social justice action through dialogue in a local health department : the Ingham County experience / Doak Bloss

The Metro Louisville Center for Health Equity : expanding the circle of engagement / Adewale Troutman

Exploring the intersection of public health and social justice : the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative / Bob Prentice and Njoke Thomas

Using our voice : forging a public health practice for social justice / Rajiv Bhatia ... [et al.]

Estimation of health benefits from a local living wage ordinance / Rajiv Bhatia and Mitchell Katz

Protecting health with environmental impact assessment : a case study of San Francisco land use deicsion making / Rajiv Bhatia

The community action model in a public health department setting case study : tobacco divestment on college campuses / Mele Lau Smith ... [et al.]

Tackling the root causes of heatlh disparities through community capacity building / Anthony B. Iton ... [et al.]

Institutionalizing health equity and social justice in King County, Washington / Ngozi Oleru, Michael Gedeon, and Matías Valenzuela

Street science : local knowledge and environmental justice / Jason Corburn

Measuring social determinants of health inequities : the CADH health equity index / Baker Salsbury, Elaine O'Keefe, and Jennifer Kertanis

Place matters : building partnerships among communities and local public health departments / Gail C. Christopher, Vincent Lafronza, and Natalie Burke

Unnatural causes : using media to build a constituency for health equity / Larry Adelman

Talking about public health : developing America's "second language" / Lawrence Wallack and Regina G. Lawrence

Helping public health matter : strategies for buliding public awareness / Makani Themba-Nixon

The ethics of the medical model in addressing the root causes of health disparities in local public health practice / Anthony B. Iton

Teaching social inequalities in health : barriers and opportunities / Carles Muntaner and Haejoo Chung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A project of the National Association of County and City Health Officials."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780195343144

019534314X

OCLC:

470694527