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A must-read resource to help you advance health equity across communities, organizations, cities and world regions.
In Health Equity: Strategies for Action, an array of pioneering health equity-focused researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy specialists from multiple sectors and disciplines deliver an incisive guide to health equity: why it matters, how to achieve it, and the state of the health equity movement across national and global settings.
Grounded in a multisectoral and community-driven approach to health equity solutions, this book walks you through key principles and practical approaches to advancing health equity and overcoming commonly encountered barriers to people's health and well-being, including key social, structural and political determinants of health. The book features effective action areas and strategiies to address health inequities across issues of racism, gender, immigration, poverty, age, and other socially-determined factors, and highlights relevant case studies and lessons learned.
Health Equity: Strategies for Action is an essential resource for graduate and undergraduate courses on the topic. Professionals in fields as broad as public health, architecture and urban planning, social work, medicine, technology, early childhood, healthcare, community development, human rights, philanthropy, vital statistics, and disability advocacy who seek to integrate a health equity lens in their work, will also find this to be a vital guidebook in furthering their health equity goals. Policymakers and elected officials can also use this book enhance their knowledge on health equity, an approach to improve health for all, whose importance will only continue to grow.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
The Editors xv
The Contributors xvii
Part One: Introduction and Background on Health Equity 1
Chapter 1 What Is Health Equity and Why It Matters 3
Renata Schiavo and Jennifer Weiss
Chapter 2 The State of the Health Equity Movement 23
Renata Schiavo and Jennifer Weiss
Part Two: Key Principles and Approaches in Advancing Health Equity 45
Chapter 3 Advancing Health Equity: Looking at Frameworks for Organizational and Collaborative Journeys 47
Devin English, Azure B. Thompson, Marivel Davila, Emmanuel Chavez and Justin C. Smith
Chapter 4 Community Engagement: The People’s Approach to Advancing Health Equity 63
Renata Schiavo and Saria Almarzook
Chapter 5 Health Equity Impact Assessment: Current Models and Future Directions 85
Giselle Sebag, Arthi Rao, Heather Wooten, Nishita Dsouza and Shoshanna Kasle Copyrighted Material
Chapter 6 Shaping Innovative Policy Strategies for Health Equity 99
Michelle S. Davis and Adenike Bitto
Chapter 7 Communicating for Health Equity Impact 115
Renata Schiavo, Ewart Skinner, Everold Hosein and Amanda Hinnant
Chapter 8 Using Digital Technology to Advance Health Equity 135
Yifeng Hu and Alice Krueger
Part Three: Addressing Barriers to Health Equity: Promising Practices, Select Strategies and Case Studies 157
Chapter 9 Ensuring a Fair Start for All Children: The Promise of Early Childhood Development 159
Sarah Klaus
Chapter 10 Poverty, Unemployment, and Health Equity 173
Zachary D. Travis, Ashley Parks and Rosana L. Bravo
Chapter 11 The Health Problem with No Name: Addressing Racism and Xenophobia and Other Forms of Social Discrimination 191
Teri E. Lassiter, Trinidad Jackson, Sithembinkosi Ndebele and Imanni Sheppard
Chapter 12 Built Environment, Climate Change, and Health Equity 205
Jessica Bremner and Sarah Ruel- Bergeron
Chapter 13 Vital Foundations in Health Equity, Gender, and LGBTQI+ Identity 223
Gretchen Van Wye, Mary Huynh, Kelly Davis and Alyssa Kumler
Chapter 14 Looking at Systems Change as Related to Aging and Disability 235
Teneasha Washington, M. Aaron Guest, Jereme Wilroy and Allie Peckham
Part Four: Future Directions and the Role of Different Types of Organizations 253
Chapter 15 Addressing the Root Causes of Health Inequities: Focus on Multisectoral Partnerships 255
Jennifer Weiss and Renata Schiavo
Chapter 16 Health Equity in Clinical Settings: A Prescription for Patient- Centered and Bias- Free Care 275
Shravya Gurrapu, Amber K. Brooks, Marcus P. Mosley, Beverley J. Sheares and Hetty Cunningham
Chapter 17 The Future of Health Equity 293
Renata Schiavo
Appendix A Voices from the Field: Stories of Community Engagement and Resilience 311
Edited by Adela Jansen, Jennifer Weiss and Renata Schiavo
Appendix B Youth Voices on Health Equity 323
Edited by Adela Jansen, Jennifer Weiss and Renata Schiavo
Index 333
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