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| ethics of racial description in public health research and practice. race as social, not biological descriptor. |
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| Race and health disparities related to development of pharmacogenomics. |
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| SES, more than race, responsible for majority of health disparities. graded relationship between SES and health status. race still valuable in describing health status. |
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| Advanced theories of social capital, collective efficacy and guidelines for neighborhood-level research |
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Corporations fund biased science. lobby Congress to delay, dilute or derail regulation. target children with advertisement.
Public health imposes ad restrictions. advocates for right to know. Decreases corruption or appearance thereof in science and politics. |
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| Stop talking about obesity as an individual problem, and bring focus more to environmental determinants. |
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Describes problems with current American diets and food policy.
Proposes solutions aimed at child nutrition programs, neighborhood-level interventions and agricultural reform. |
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CBPR and racism. Understanding and accounting for racial relationships among culturally diverse groups.
Cultural humility is essential.
Concepts of personally mediated, internalized and institutional racism.
Understanding of insider-outsider dynamics in health promotion organization. Partnership not paternalism. |
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Social Justice - WITT. upstream approaches to impact greater number of people. comes from egalitarian ideals. behavior has social determinants and needs social solutions.
Market Justice- YOYO. over-concerned with personal lifestyle for determining behavior. ignores social determinant of health. |
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| Changing role of LHDs from bureaucratic administrators of policy initiatives to active partner in community health promotion. Integrates CBPR principles and organic direction of health priorities into local mission. Social justice interventions need to address inequity of economic and social factors. Social justice interventions must target upstream approaches, or target the root of the injustice rather than the symptom thereof. |
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| Education is not enough to affect obesity rates. Choice is also not enough. Healthier options and environments must be more accessible. |
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| healthcare reform is focusing on wrong reforms. healthcare coverage and spending has little to do with actual health outcomes. only 2% spent on preventive care services and should be increased. |
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