Historical and Current Policy Efforts to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in the United States: Future Opportunities for Public Health Education Research

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Thomas, Stephen B ^a   Benjamin, Georges C ^b   Almario, Donna ^a   Lathan, Monica J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Booker T. Washington; discrimination; Du Bois; health disparity; health education; history; minority health; Negro health movement; policy; strategic plans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250742092     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906289379     Document Type: Article

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