Message design strategies to raise public awareness of social determinants of health and population health disparities

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-513

  Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a   Bu, Q Lisa ^b   Borah, Porismita ^b   Kindig, David A ^b   Robert, Stephanie A ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Framing; Health disparities; Narratives; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749122904     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2008.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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