Great! I've had them distributed to the members of the city of
Ottawa's Poverty Reduction Strategy.We can only hope and pray the
evidence provides momentum in the right direction.My heartfelt
gratitude to all who helped Thanks again!

On 1/28/11, Melissa Raven <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The pdfs seem to be freely available via this webpage:
> http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=71600
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> On 1/27/11, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> [EQ] When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social
>> Determinants of Health?
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>> Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
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>> When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social Determinants
>> of Health?
>>
>> Paula A. Braveman, , Susan A. Egerter, Steven H. Woolf,  James S.
>> Marks From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University
>> of California San Francisco (Braveman, Egerter), San Francisco,
>> California; the Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth
>> University (Woolf), Richmond, Virginia; and the Robert Wood Johnson
>> Foundation (Marks), Princeton, New Jersey
>>
>> Am J Prev Med 2011;40(1S1):S58-S66 - 2011 American Journal of
>> Preventive Medicine
>>
>> Website: http://bit.ly/gWr6i7
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>> ".....The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a
>> Healthier America was charged to identify strategies beyond medical
>> care to address health disparities in the U.S. related to social and
>> economic disadvantage.
>>
>> Based on insights gained while providing scientifıc support for the
>> commission's efforts, this paper presents an overview of major issues
>> that arise when assessing evidence to inform policies and programs to
>> address the social determinants of health. While many of the insights
>> are not new, they have not been widely assimilated within medicine and
> public health.
>> They have particular relevance now, given growing awareness of the
>> important health influences of social factors.
>>
>> The discussion presented here is intended to highlight key
>> considerations for researchers who study social determinants of health
>> and policymakers whose decisions are shaped by research fındings.
>> Policies should be based on the best available knowledge, derived from
> diverse sources and methods.
>> An array of tools and guidelines is now available to guide the
>> assessment of evidence on the social determinants of health, building
>> on-and going beyond-principles fırst articulated in the "Evidence-Based
> Medicine"
>> movement.
>> The central thesis of the current paper is that the standards for
>> evidence to guide social policies must be equally rigorous but also
>> more comprehensive than those traditionally used to inform clinical
>> interventions, because social policies must deal with upstream factors
>> that affect health through complex causal pathways over potentially
>> long time periods.."
>>
>>
>> Broadening the Focus: The Need to Address the Social Determinants of
>> Health American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 1,
>> Supplement 1, January 2011, Pages S4-S18 Paula A. Braveman, Susan A.
>> Egerter, Robin E. Mockenhaupt
>>
>> Website: http://bit.ly/i6RG63
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>> "...While ensuring that individuals have access to appropriate medical
>> care and information about health-promoting behaviors remains
>> important, effective solutions also will require a broader focus on
>> the contexts that powerfully shape both health behaviors and health
>> itself. Much remains to be learned about which strategies are most
>> effective, but current knowledge is suffıcient to indicate promising
> directions.."
>>
>>
>> Commission publications:
>> http://www.commissiononhealth.org/Publications.aspx
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