Health and health care disparities: The effect of social and environmental factors on individual and population health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7492-7507

  Thomas, Billy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic pipeline; Built environment; Cultural competency; Diversity and inclusion; Educational attainment; Health care workforce; Health disparities; Health literacy; Population health; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905017836     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707492     Document Type: Review

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