State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Karen M. Anderson, rapporteur ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities; State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities (2009 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780309187459
Subjects: States; Health services accessibility; Healthcare Disparities; Minority Health; Health Services Accessibility; Discrimination in medical care; Minorities; Minority Groups; Prejudice; Race discrimination; Medical care; Standards
Description: "Although efforts to reduce health disparities receive attention at the national level, information on the successes of state and local efforts are often not heard. On May 11, 2009, the Institute of Medicine held a public workshop to discuss the role of state and local policy initiatives to reduce health disparities. The workshop brought together stakeholders to learn more about what works in reducing health disparities and ways to focus on localized efforts when working to reduce health disparities."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Changing the conditions of communities where  people live - The Phillips-Powderhorn experience and the Allina backyard project; title: Health disparities in Great Britain and Massachusetts: policy solutions; title: Reactor panel.