Challenges and successes in reducing health disparities : workshop summary / Jennifer A. Cohen, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Jennifer A., 1964-

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Disparities.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic groups--Medical care--United States--Congresses.

Ethnic groups.

Health care reform--United States--Congresses.

Health care reform.

Health services accessibility--United States--Congresses.

Health services accessibility.

Medical care--United States--Regional disparities--Congresses.

Medical care.

Medical policy--United States--Congresses.

Medical policy.

Minorities--Medical care--United States--Congresses.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities, was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined (1) the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, (2) the reasons for those differences, and (3) the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.

Contents:

Introduction

The impact of geography on health disparities in the United States : different perspectives

Clinical and community-development approaches to reducing disparities

Successful clinical and community-development strategies

Health disparities in a business environment

Moving forward

Agenda of the public meeting held by the roundtable on health disparities

Workshop presenters' biosketches and participant list

Eight Americas : investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States

Community approaches to addressing health disparities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-18570-X

1-281-76728-X

9786611767280

0-309-11691-0

OCLC:

263436254