Why are health disparities everyone's problem? / Lisa Cooper.
"The author considers an array of factors that produce health inequities, including social conditions, economic policies, the physical environment, institutional factors, health system factors, social relationships, risk behaviors, and biological factors. The author argues that everyone's health is...
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Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2021]
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Series: | Johns Hopkins wavelengths.
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Physical Description: | xxv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"The author considers an array of factors that produce health inequities, including social conditions, economic policies, the physical environment, institutional factors, health system factors, social relationships, risk behaviors, and biological factors. The author argues that everyone's health is connected, both within their communities and across the globe. Once people realize that, they will see that health inequities are not someone else's problem; rather, they are everyone's problem"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | RA418 .C66 2021 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781421441153 1421441152 |