How Far Have We Come in Reducing Health Disparities?: Progress Since 2000: Workshop Summary

by Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities

At the turn of the 21st century, several important reports and events designed to raise awareness of health disparities and to describe initial efforts to reduce health disparities took place. The Surgeon General's office released several reports that showed dramatic disparities in tobacco use and access to mental health services by race and ethnicity. The first real legislation focused on reducing health disparities was signed into law, creating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309255309
• ISBN13: 9780309255301
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"