Tackling health inequities through public health practice : theory to action / edited by Richard Hofrichter and Rajiv Bhatia.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

xvii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

"A project of the National Association of County and City Health Officials."

Tackling health inequities : a framework for public health practice / Richard Hofrichter -- Why health equity? / Amartya Sen -- Health equity and social justice / Fabienne Peter -- United States : social inequality and the burden of poor health / Laura D. Kubzansky ... [et al.] -- A framework for measuring health inequity / Yukiko Asada -- Promoting social jsutice through public health policies, programs, and services / Alonzo Plough -- Structural racism and community building / Keith Lawrence ... [et al.] -- Coronary heart disease, chronic inflammation, and pathogenic social hierarchy : a biological limit to possible reductions in morbidity and mortality / Rodrick Wallace, Deborah Wallace, and Robert G. Wallace -- Social sources of racial disparities in health / David R. Williams and Pamela Braboy Jackson -- Class exploitation and psychiatric disorders / Carles Muntaner ... [et al.] -- Beyond the income inequality hypothesis : class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities / David Coburn -- Gender inequity in health : why it exists and how we can change it / Gita Sen and Piroska Ostlin -- Initiating social justice action through dialogue in a local health department : the Ingham County experience / Doak Bloss -- The Metro Louisville Center for Health Equity : expanding the circle of engagement / Adewale Troutman --

Exploring the intersection of public health and social justice : the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative / Bob Prentice and Njoke Thomas -- Using our voice : forging a public health practice for social justice / Rajiv Bhatia ... [et al.] -- Estimation of health benefits from a local living wage ordinance / Rajiv Bhatia and Mitchell Katz -- Protecting health with environmental impact assessment : a case study of San Francisco land use deicsion making / Rajiv Bhatia -- The community action model in a public health department setting case study : tobacco divestment on college campuses / Mele Lau Smith ... [et al.] -- Tackling the root causes of heatlh disparities through community capacity building / Anthony B. Iton ... [et al.] -- Institutionalizing health equity and social justice in King County, Washington / Ngozi Oleru, Michael Gedeon, and Matías Valenzuela -- Street science : local knowledge and environmental justice / Jason Corburn -- Measuring social determinants of health inequities : the CADH health equity index / Baker Salsbury, Elaine O'Keefe, and Jennifer Kertanis -- Place matters : building partnerships among communities and local public health departments / Gail C. Christopher, Vincent Lafronza, and Natalie Burke -- Unnatural causes : using media to build a constituency for health equity / Larry Adelman -- Talking about public health : developing America's "second language" / Lawrence Wallack and Regina G. Lawrence -- Helping public health matter : strategies for buliding public awareness / Makani Themba-Nixon -- The ethics of the medical model in addressing the root causes of health disparities in local public health practice / Anthony B. Iton -- Teaching social inequalities in health : barriers and opportunities / Carles Muntaner and Haejoo Chung.