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State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309187466, 9780309187459

Although efforts to reduce health disparities receive attention at the national level, information on the successes of s

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Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309127509, 9780309127493

To receive the greatest value for health care, it is important to focus on issues of quality and disparity, and the abil

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Reducing Tobacco-Related Cancer Incidence and Mortality : Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309264020, 9780309264013

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths annually and re

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Collaboration Between Health Care and Public Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309374477, 9780309374460

On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore

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Health and Wealth Disparities in the United States 9780844743905, 9780844743882

Traditional measures of economic disparities among Americans of different race, gender, geographic location, and educati

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Exploring Shared Value in Global Health and Safety: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309442510, 9780309442503

Companies today are operating in a more complex and competitive environment where traditional models for doing business

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Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe: Reducing Disparities and Polarizations 9781847428882

This highly topical book aims to undermine unsubstantiated myths by examining Muslim integration in Germany, France, the

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Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Other Social Characteristics as Factors in Health and Health Care Disparities 9781839828003

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How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309256827, 9780309256810

Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain,

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Global Health Risk Framework: Governance for Global Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309381055, 9780309381048

Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global

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