Jedi public health: Co-creating an identity-safe culture to promote health equity

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-116

  Geronimus, Arline T ^a   James, Sherman A ^b,c   Destin, Mesmin ^d   Graham, Louis F ^e   Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^f   Murphy, Mary C ^g   Pearson, Jay A ^b   Omari, Amel ^a   Thompson, J Phillip ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health equity; LGBTQ; Population health; Race ethnicity; Social identity; Stereotype threat; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960872830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.02.008     Document Type: Review

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