Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
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Item New Market Pushes Healthy Eating in "Food Desert" of Avondale(2012) UNSPECIFIEDResidents of one Cincinnati neighborhood are working to turn their community from a "food desert" into an oasis of healthy food. A food desert is an area with a lot of people - without access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Local 12's Angela Ingram explains how organizers plan to turn a small market into a full scale farmer's market.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 Improving the Health of Low-Income and Minority Communities(2011) UNSPECIFIEDWHY ARE HEALTH DISPARITIES A THREAT TO OUR NATION’S HEALTH? Lower-Income and Minority Communities Systematically Have Less Access to Health Care, Higher Exposure to Health Threats, and Worse Health Outcomes: