Reducing racial inequities in health: Using what we already know to take action

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Williams, David R ^a,b,c   Cooper, Lisa A ^d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Inequities; Interventions; Race; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; EMPATHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INFANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOTE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RACISM; SOCIAL NEEDS; STEREOTYPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRENDS;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RACISM; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85061966446     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040606     Document Type: Note

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