Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Graham, Garth N.; Honoré, Peggy A.; Beadle, Mirtha

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S1-S2, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338379.51942.33

Tutu, Desmond

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S3-S4, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338380.29071.9f

The Nobel Peace laureate highlights an international United Nations member organization as a model to describe the relevance of partnerships for achieving health equity.

Honoré, Russel L.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S5-S7, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338381.29071.d6

Drawing from experiences while leading the nation's response to Hurricane Katrina, the author describes how emergency preparedness and response goals are hindered by health disparities.

Libbey, Patrick M.; Fallon, Marie M.; Jarris, Paul E.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S53-S55, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338387.67189.97

Authors in this commentary advocate for strategies that focus on initiatives and organizational changes that tackle the root causes of health inequities and not solely on the consequences.

Boyce, Cheryl A.; Williams Smith, Joy

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S56-S57, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338388.67189.73

Authors in this commentary emphasize the need to eliminate health disparities through community efforts as well as changes in health, social, and economic policies.

Honoré, Peggy A.; Graham, Garth N.; Garcia, Joxel; Morris, Willis

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S82-S84, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338392.90059.cd

Rationale is offered in this commentary for expanding public health education, marketing and service learning opportunities through partnerships with the nation's community college system as a means of building health equity and addressing the workforce crisis.

Henry, Brenda Liz; Scutchfield, F. Douglas; Perez, Debra Joy

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S85-S87, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338393.97683.05

Authors in this commentary discuss the relevance of public health systems and services research and accreditation of public health agencies to eliminating health disparities.

Williams, David R.; Costa, Manuela V.; Odunlami, Adebola O.; Mohammed, Selina A.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S8-S17, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338382.36695.42

Evidence is highlighted in this article that addressing the social determinants of health can lead to reductions in health disparities and is compared to more traditional strategies of improving coverage, access, or quality.

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Goodman, Robert M.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S18-S25, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338383.74812.18

Results of this qualitative cross-case study document a construct for building community-based capacity for public health initiatives in racial and ethnic communities.

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Alegría, Margarita; Nakash, Ora; Lapatin, Sheri; Oddo, Vanessa; Gao, Shan; Lin, Julia; Normand, Sharon-Lise

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S26-S35, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338384.82436.0d

This study describes contributions to clinician bias during mental health diagnosis assessment of racial and ethnic minority patients.

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Gold, Marsha; Dodd, Allison Hedley; Neuman, Melissa

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S36-S44, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338385.82436.44

An analysis is provided in this study on the availability of state and local data to support the elimination of health disparities.

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Shi, Leiyu; Stevens, Gregory D.; Lebrun, Lydie A.; Faed, Pegah; Tsai, Jenna

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S45-S52, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338386.59565.dc

This article examines factors that contribute to inequities in healthcare.

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Cruz, Evelyn; Guhleman, Patricia; Onheiber, Patrice Mocny

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S58-S64, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338389.05308.cf

Strategies to raise the priority for implementing effective, evidence-based solutions to Wisconsin's last place ranking in African American infant mortality are described in this case study.

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Williams, Elizabeth A.; Kanu, Mohamed; Williams, Charles

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S65-S72, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338390.12931.07

This article describes the concept of mutual aid and chronicles how it has been used to address health disparities in North Carolina's African American communities.

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Pullen-Smith, Barbara; Carter-Edwards, Lori; Leathers, Kimberly H.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 14(6):S73-S81, November 2008.

doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338391.90059.16

This case study describes a health disparity elimination demonstration project between multiple state and local public health, tribal, and healthcare organizations, and the North Carolina community college system.

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