Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.
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Item International Compilation of Human Research Standards(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015) UNSPECIFIEDItem Item Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health(World Health Organization, 2008) UNSPECIFIEDThe Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by former World Health Organization Director-General J.W. Lee. It was tasked to collect, collate, and synthesize global evidence on the social determinants of health and their impact on health inequity, and to make recommendations for action to address that inequity.Item Monitoring Social Well-being to Support Policies on the Social Determinants of Health: the case of New Zealand's "Social Reports/Te Purongo Oranga Tangata"(WHO Document Production Services, 2010) UNSPECIFIEDInvestigating the case of New Zealand’s “Social Reports/ te pūrongo oranga tangata”, the core aim of this discussion paper is to contribute to answering the research question of how monitoring social well-being supports a policy agenda aimed at addressing the social determinants of health to improve health equity. Hence, this study contributes to the WHO goal for improving the dissemination of knowledge to support action on the broader determinants of population health and health equity (which we term “the social determinants of health”) - both within and outside the health and government sectors. It builds on the work of the WHO Secretariat in supporting the global Commission on Social Determinants of Health and is a contribution by New Zealand, as a country partner, to the body of knowledge on institutions and mechanisms for supporting implementation of the social determinants of health agenda in countries.Item Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous experiences(WHO Document Production Services, 2010) UNSPECIFIEDToday an unprecedented opportunity exists to improve health in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities by tackling the root causes of disease and health inequalities. The most powerful of these causes are the social conditions in which people live and work, referred to as the social determinants of health (SDH). The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shape the current global development agenda. The MDGs recognize the interdependence of health and social conditions and present an opportunity to promote health policies that tackle the social roots of unfair and avoidable human suffering. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) is poised for leadership in this process. To reach its objectives, however, the CSDH must learn from the history of previous attempts to spur action on SDH. This paper pursues three questions: (1) Why didn’t previous efforts to promote health policies on social determinants succeed? (2) Why do we think the CSDH can do better? (3) What can the Commission learn from previous experiences – negative and positive – that can increase its chances for success?Item Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health(2009) UNSPECIFIEDHaving considered the report on the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Noting the three overarching recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health: to improve daily living conditions; to tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources; and to measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action;Item Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective(the American Institute for Cancer Research, 2007) UNSPECIFIEDFood, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a global perspective, produced by the World Cancer Research Fund together with the American Institute for Cancer Research, has been the most authoritative source on food, nutrition, and cancer prevention for 10 years. On publication in 1997, it immediately became recognised as the most authoritative and influential report in its field and helped to highlight the importance of research in this crucial area. It became the standard text worldwide for policy-makers in government at all levels, for civil society and health professional organisations, and in teaching and research centres of academic excellence. Since the mid-1990s the amount of scientific literature on this subject has dramatically increased. New methods of analysing and assessing evidence have been developed, facilitated by advances in electronic technology. There is more evidence, in particular on overweight and obesity and on physical activity; food, nutrition, physical activity, and cancer survivors is a new field. The need for a new report was obvious; and in 2001 WCRF International in collaboration with AICR began to put in place a global process in order to produce and publish the Report in November 2007.Item Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals(2005) UNSPECIFIEDThe UN Millennium Project has been a unique undertaking. Its 10 task forces, Secretariat, and broad array of participants from academia, government, UN agencies, international financial institutions, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies, and the private sector created a worldwide network of development practitioners and experts across an enormous range of countries, disciplines, and organizations. The Project was made possible by the unique commitment, skills, and convictions of the task force coordinators, who led their groups to take on some of the most challenging development questions of our generation, and by the task force members, who gave remarkably of their time. This has been a global effort, in the service of a great global cause—the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Our Project has been a microcosm of a larger truth: achieving the Millennium Development Goals will require a global partnership suitable for an interconnected world. The world truly shares a common fate. This has been a labor of love for the many participants in the task forces and Secretariat. Individuals have volunteered vast amounts of effort and expertise to the Project. Their contributions, far beyond any reasonable expectation, have immeasurably sharpened and strengthened the messages contained in the Project’s many outputs, including this report, the task force final reports, the newly developed tools for needs assessment, and the advisory support for MDG-based planning in several countries.