Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Influences, Actors, and Policy Opportunities

dc.contributor.authorMeyers, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:30Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractMuch has been written on the existence of racial and ethnic differences in health status and health care access and quality in the United States. Researchers, think tanks, government entities, and advocacy organizations have worked to summarize many of the root causes, environmental and behavioral influences, and health system factors that play a role. Yet sustained and significant change has been elusive. Efforts to reduce disparities will continue to fall short unless the complex interplay of influences are understood and addressed, and synergies among actors who can impact those influences are realized. The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy has produced this review and synthesis of the literature to spur thinking and discussion among those who inform, influence, and make public and private policy impacting health. Areas of analysis include the landscape of influences on health disparities, which policy actors are best positioned to intervene, and where those actors may have the most impact. Given the complex nature of disparities, to date most action has focused on individual sectors of health or social policy, such as coverage for the uninsured, linguistically appropriate care, or neighborhood improvements to support healthy eating and active living.
dc.description.urihttp://xnet.kp.org/ihp/issueareas/improving/disparities.html
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/xvic-rwzw
dc.identifier.citationMeyers, Kate (2007) Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Influences, Actors, and Policy Opportunities. Project Report. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 791
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22790
dc.publisherKaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectracial and ethnic differences
dc.subjecthealth care access
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjectsocial policy
dc.subjectcultural competency
dc.titleRacial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Influences, Actors, and Policy Opportunities
dc.typeTechnical Report

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