State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Eq, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, et al.

Although efforts to reduce health disparities receive attention at the national level, information on the successes of state and local efforts are often not heard. On May 11, 2009, the Institute of Medicine held a public workshop to discuss the role of state and local policy initiatives to reduce health disparities. The workshop brought together stakeholders to learn more about what works in reducing health disparities and ways to focus on localized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309187451
• ISBN13: 9780309187459
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 138 Pages