Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities - Workshop Summary

In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities, was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined (1) the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, (2) the reasons for those differences, and (3) the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.

Riassunto

The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Disparities 1st workshop was held in St Louis, Missouri on July 31, 2007 and examined the importance of differences in life expectancy within the US, the reasons for those differences and the implications of this information for programs and policy makers. This title offers summary of this workshop.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Board On Population Health And Public He, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Jennifer A. Cohen, Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Health Disparities
• Con la collaborazione di: Jennifer A. Cohen (Editore)
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.07.2008
• EAN: 9780309116909
• ISBN: 978-0-309-11690-9
• Pagine: 210
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 340 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali