Urban health : combating disparities with local data /
Whitman, Steven.
Shah, Ami M.
Benjamins, Maureen.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing the Sinai model for reducing health disparities and improving health / Steven Whitman, Ami M. Shah, and Maureen R. Benjamins -- A history of the movement to address health disparities / Jade L. Dell and Steven Whitman -- The importance of local data / Ami M. Shah, Steven Witman, Maureen R. Benjamins -- Sinai's improving community health survey : methodology and key findings / Ami M. Shah and Steven Whitman -- The Jewish community health survey of Chicago : methodology and key findings / Maureen R. Benjamins -- The Chicago Asian community surveys : methodology and key findings / Matthew J. McGee ... [et al.] -- Comparing the health status of ten Chicago communities / Ami M. Shah --
Translating data into community action / Steven Whitman, Ami M. Shah, and Maureen R. Benjamins -- Working together to live tobacco free : community-based smoking cessation in North Lawndale / Joseph F. West and Charlene J. Gamboa -- Combating childhood obesity through a neighborhood coalition : community organizing for obesity prevention in Humboldt Park / Adam B. Becker ... [et al.] --
Fighting childhood obesity in a Jewish community / Maureen R. Benjamins -- Disproportionate impact of diabetes in a Puerto Rican community of Chicago / Steven Whitman ... [et al.] -- Pediatric asthma in black and Latino Chicago communities : local level data drives response / Helen Margellos-Anast, Melissa A. Gutierrez -- Humboldt Park : a community united to challenge asthma / Molly Martin and Juana Ballesteros -- Implications -- Community-based health interventions : past, present, and future / Leah H. Ansell -- The future holds promise / Steven Whitman, Ami M. Shah, and Maureen R. Benjamins.
Urban health
Health surveys