Challenges and successes in reducing health disparities : workshop summary

Challenges and successes in reducing health disparities : workshop summary / Jennifer A. Cohen, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Other author/creator	Cohen, Jennifer A., 1964-
Other author/creator	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Disparities.
Other author/creator	National Academies Press (U.S.)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Description	xvii, 192 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Health services accessibility--United States --Congresses. Health care reform--United States --Congresses. Medical policy--United States --Congresses. Minorities--Medical care --United States --Congresses. Ethnic groups--Medical care --United States --Congresses. Medical care--United States --Regional disparities --Congresses. Health Services Accessibility--United States. Health Care Reform--United States. Healthcare Disparities--United States. Delivery of Health Care--United States. Ethnicity--United States. Minority Groups--United States. Quality of Health Care--United States.

Contents	Introduction -- The impact of geography on health disparities in the United States : different perspectives -- Clinical and community-development approaches to reducing disparities -- Successful clinical and community-development strategies -- Health disparities in a business environment -- Moving forward -- Agenda of the public meeting held by the roundtable on health disparities -- Workshop presenters' biosketches and participant list -- Eight Americas : investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States -- Community approaches to addressing health disparities.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Other forms	Available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
ISBN	0309116902
ISBN	9780309116909 :

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WA 300 C436 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold