Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity

by Health and Medicine Division, Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health.

Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309452961
• ISBN13: 9780309452960
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 582 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"