Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Strategy Number One: Creating Communities of Opportunity
2.1. Early Childhood Development Initiatives
2.2. Reducing Childhood Poverty
2.3. Enhancing Income and Employment Opportunities among Youth and Adults
2.4. Improving Neighborhood and Housing Conditions
3. Strategy Number Two: Build more Health into the Delivery of Medical Care
3.1. Ensuring Access to Care for All
3.2. Emphasize Primary Care
3.3. Eliminating Inequities in the Receipt of High Quality Care
3.4. Addressing Patients’ Social Risk Factors and Needs
3.5. Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce
4. Strategy Number 3: Raising Awareness of Inequities and Building Political Will to Address them
4.1. Increasing Awareness that Racial Inequities Exist
4.2. Building Political Support to Address Inequities
4.3. Increasing Public Empathy
4.4. Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity
4.5. Dismantling Racism
5. Opportunities
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Williams, D.R.; Cooper, L.A. Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040606
Williams DR, Cooper LA. Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(4):606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040606
Chicago/Turabian StyleWilliams, David R., and Lisa A. Cooper. 2019. "Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 4: 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040606