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Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities
by Institute of Medicine • Steve Olson • Karen M. Anderson • Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice • Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health DisparitiesLeveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples from Native Communities is the summary of a workshop convened in November 2012 by the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities of the Institute of Medicine. The workshop brought together more th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness: Proceedings Of A Workshop
by Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice • Board on Health Sciences Policy • Roundtable on Population Health Improvement • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine • Health and Medicine Division • Roundtable on Environmental Health Services, Research, and Medicine • Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity • Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and EmergenciesCalifornia and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years. Wildlands and climate experts expect these trends to continue and quite likely to worsen in coming years. Wildfires and other disasters can be particul... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020