The Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities

ISBN-13: 9780190624118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 344 str.

Founding Center for Health Equity Paula (Founding Director

Recenzje

Braveman (Univ. of California, San Francisco) provides an important introduction to social determinants of health (SDOH) for students, faculty, and administrators.

O autorze

Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health Equity at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Braveman has studied and published extensively on health equity, health disparities, racism, and other social determinants of health. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with local, state, national, and international health agencies to see rigorous research translated into practice for greater health equity, including the World Health Organization and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2002, considered one of the highest honors for U.S. scientists working in the field of health.