Racial and ethnic approaches to community health: Reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Buckner Brown, Joyce ^a   Tucker, Pattie ^a   Rivera, Mark ^a   Cosgrove, Shannon ^a   Coleman, James L ^c   Penson, Aisha ^b   Bang, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Wateree Community Action Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; health equity; racial and ethnic approaches to community health; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL CONDITIONS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78650861828     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318202a720     Document Type: Article

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