عنوان

Toward equity in health :

(Number (ISBN

0826103685

(Number (ISBN

6611133216

(Number (ISBN

9780826103680

(Number (ISBN

9786611133214

Erroneous ISBN

0826103138

Erroneous ISBN

9780826103130

Number

b797437

Title Proper

Toward equity in health :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a new global approach to health disparities /

First Statement of Responsibility

Barbara C. Wallace, editor.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xxiii, 562 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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A role for health informatics and information techonolgy (HIIT): shaping a global research agenda to eliminate health disparities -- An online multimedia peer education smoking cessation program for Korean youth: a film script contest for stories on quitting smoking -- Training community health workers and peer educators for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa: integrating African healing wisdom and evidence-based behavior change strategies -- The social education and health advocacy training (SEHAT) project: training peer educators in Indian prisons to increase health awareness and preventive behavior for HIV -- Training peer educators, black MSM leadership, and partners for ethnographic community-based participatory research -- Recommendations for researchers and clinicans working at the intersection of the HIV/AIDS and methamphetamine epidemics with MSM -- Lesbian and bisexual women of color, racism, heterosexism, homophobia, and health: a recommended intervention and research agenda -- Ethnic/racial disparities in gray-related stress and health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths: examining a prevalent hypothesis -- Health disparities and people with disabilities -- Classroom-based interventions to reduce academic disparities between low-income and high-income students -- Cultivating academic ability through exposure to supplementary education -- A supplementary education model rooted in an academic, community, and faith-based coalition: closing the education and health gaps -- So no child is left behind: a peer mentoring/tutoring program for at-risk urban youth attending a college preparatory high school -- A model for comprehensive community-wide asthma education using partnerships and the public school curriculum -- Conclusion: the future of the field of equity in health.

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Introduction: the forces driving and embodied within a new field of equity in health -- Challenges in eliminating health disparities -- Toward evidence-based and culturally appropriate models for reducing global health disparities: an Africanist perspective -- New paradigms for inclusive health care: toward individual patient and population health -- What types of public health proposals should agencies be funding and what types of evidence should matter?: scientific and ethical considerations -- Income-related health disparity and its determinants in New York State: racial/ethnic and geographical comparisons -- Perspectives on mechanisms of racial disparities in hypertension -- Incessant displacement and health disparities -- Strategies for reducing disparities in African Americans' receipt and use of mental health services -- Genetics or social forces? racial disparities in infant mortality -- A psychosocial model of resilience theory and research: a recommended paradigm for studying African Americans' beliefs and practices toward colon cancer screening -- Eliminating disparities in health and disease outcomes: a call for interdisciplinary collaboration -- Grant-writing for community-based health disparities research and services: the role of academic/community partnerships -- Addressing cardiovascular health disparities of Chinese immigrants in New York City: a case of the Chinese-American healthy heart coalition -- HIV/AIDS risk reduction with couples: implications for reducing health disparities in HIV/AIDS prevention -- Using new media to improve learning: multimedia connect for HIV/AIDS risk reduction and the triangle initiative.

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In this volume global health experts present compelling examples of evidence-based and culturally appropriate models for reducing global health disparities. Divided into eight parts, coverage includes:. ? the legacy and role of racism in contributing to disparities. ? recommendations for research with practice applications. ? key role of collaborations, partnerships and community-based research. ? new internet technology. ? training of community health workers and peer educators. ? special populations considered most vulnerable. ? the task of closing the education and health gap by addressing.

Title

Toward equity in health.

International Standard Book Number

9780826103130

Community health services, Congresses.

Equality-- Health aspects, Congresses.

Health education, Congresses.

Health services accessibility, Congresses.

World health, Congresses.

Cross-Cultural Comparison, Congresses.

Health Policy, Congresses.

Health Promotion, Congresses.

Community health services.

Equality-- Health aspects.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Health Care Issues.

Health education.

Health services accessibility.

MEDICAL-- Diseases.

MEDICAL-- Health Care Delivery.

MEDICAL-- Health Policy.

MEDICAL-- Public Health.

World health.

HEA-- 028000

HEA-- 039000

MED-- 022000

MED-- 035000

MED-- 036000

MED-- 078000

Number

Edition

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Book number

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Book Number

Wallace, Barbara C.

Health Disparities Conference(1st :2006 :, Columbia University)

Columbia University., Teachers College., Research Group on Disparities in Health.

Date of Transaction

20201207101025.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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