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Why Are Health Disparities Everyone's Problem? /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Lisa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421441177
Access:Open Access