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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:19:16 -0500
From: Stephen B. Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES REQUIRES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Greetings:
Below and attached is the press release for the theme issue of Health
Promotion Practice published by the Society for Public Health Education.
As Guest Editors of this expanded edition of the journal, Drs. Stephen B.
Thomas and Kathleen Roe encourage you to spread the word..... Thanking you
in advance....
Stephen Thomas, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
www.cmh.pitt.edu
Kathleen Roe, Ph.D.
San Jose State University
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/casa/hs/faculty.html
Embargoed for release:
March 20, 2002
Contact: Vicki Varsalone
(202) 408-9804
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ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES REQUIRES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Health Behavior News Service
Successful programs to lessen racial and ethnic health disparities share
common traits of establishing strong ties between health providers and the
community members they serve, according to a group of studies just
published.
Areas in which innovative programs are having a positive effect are:
infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, HIV/AIDS and immunization, reports the journal Health Promotion
Practice in the April issue, devoted to the subject of eliminating racial
and ethnic health disparities.
ôBased on this collection of articles, the most successful interventions
to narrow the gap in health disparities build community involvement and
trust,
ö says Kathleen Roe, Dr.PH, professor at San Jose State University
and co-editor of the theme issue.
ôIt is essential to enlist the help of
community representatives, involve community members in prioritizing
issues and address fundamental policy changes at the neighborhood,
organizational and institutional levels.
ö-
The articles describe innovative methods occurring in local health
departments, community-based organizations, clinics, churches, prisons,
barber and beauty shops, neighborhoods and professional organizations all
over the United States.
ôThis theme issues addresses critical factors related to health
disparities -- socioeconomics, historical mistrust of research and medical
institutions, lack of culturally relevant interventions, inaccurate
individual health beliefs, and racism and discrimination within
communities and institutions," says Stephen Thomas, Ph.D., professor of
minority health at the University of Pittsburgh and co-editor of the
issue....
Health Promotion Practice is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published
by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). SOPHE is an
international, non-profit professional organization that promotes the
health of all people through education. For information about the journal
call 202-408-9804 or visit the journal's Web site at
www.sagepub.com/shopping[Marker]/journal.asp?id=156
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