Health Equity: Strategies for Action (Paperback)

Preface

Acknowledgements

The Editor

The Contributors

Introduction

1. What is health equity and why it matters

2. The state of the health equity movement

3. Advancing Health Equity: Looking at Frameworks for Organizational and Collaborative Journeys

4. Community Engagement: The People’s Approach to Advancing Health Equity

5. Health Equity Impact Assessment: Current Models and Future Directions

6. Shaping Innovative Policy Strategies for Health Equity

7. Communicating for health equity impact

8. Using Digital Technology to Advance Health Equity through Civic Engagement and Partnerships

9. Ensuring a Fair Start for All Children: The Promise of Early Learning Programs

10. Poverty, unemployment, and health equity

11. The Health Problem with No Name: Addressing Racism, Xenophobia and Other Forms of Social Discrimination

12. Built environment, climate change, and health equity

13. Vital foundations in equity, gender, and LGBTQI+ identity

14. Looking at system change as related to aging and disability

15. Addressing Root Causes of Inequities: The Role of Different Organizations

16. Health equity in clinical settings: a prescription for patient-centered and bias-free care

17. Youth Engagement and Health Equity

18. The future of the health equity movement

Appendix

Index