Essentials of Health, Culture, and Diversity: Understanding People, Reducing Disparities

by Mark Edberg

Book Overview

The term culture has increasingly been used in the discourse of public health, for example, with respect to issues of health disparities in the U.S., the development and implementation of culturally competent (TM) or culturally appropriate (TM) programs, and in many other ways. What exactly is culture, however?

Published in partnership with the American Public Health Association, this newest offering in the Essential Public Health series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763780456
• ISBN13: 9780763780456
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.7"