title: Racial and ethnic approaches to community health: reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health.
abstract: Poor people and people of color are more likely to live shorter and sicker lives and are less likely to survive a host of chronic illnesses. Policies and organizational practices that improve the environments in which people live, work, learn, and play can reduce these disparities. Using the World Health Organization's "Call to Action" principles as a discussion framework, we highlight the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health programs that have developed and applied such strategies to address chronic illnesses. Several, in turn, foster health equity.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. jbucknerbrown@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckner-Brown
authors.forename: Pattie
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Aisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Penson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bang
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005006:Ethnicity; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology*; D040361:Healthy People Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012924:Social Conditions; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution