NEW GROUNDBREAKING HEALTH EQUITY BOOK SERVES AS CATALYST TO TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

Date: Oct 17, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  GPH@mmc.edu

The Institute of Global Health Equity at Meharry Medical College is proud to announce the release of the groundbreaking book, Health Equity: African Americans and Public Health which offers powerful insights, challenges to stereotypes and comprehensive roadmaps toward a more inclusive and equitable future. As America grapples with persistent discrimination and inequities, this book offers vital insights and solutions for achieving health equity.

Health Equity: African Americans and Public Health by Daniel Dawes, JD, Kisha B. Holden, PhD, MSCR, and David Williams, PhD, MPH, provides a scholarly exploration of the multifaceted dimensions and interrelationships that underlie medical injustices among African-Americans. It delves into psychosocial and behavioral determinants of health, discussing the roles of various factors that influence health outcomes; the sociocultural determinants of health and how values determine risk and protective factors; and political and economic determinants of health and stamping out all forms of racism.

Embracing a health equity lens, Health Equity: African Americans and Public Health advocates for valuing all individuals and populations equally, rectifying historical injustices and providing resources according to need. It offers a unique perspective into the complex dimensions of medical disparities for African Americans and aims to help advance health equity by providing a critical examination of the factors that create, perpetuate, and exacerbate health inequities—ultimately serving as a catalyst for transforming health outcomes in the United States.

This book underscores the importance of innovative strategies to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors, ultimately promoting well-being among individuals, families and communities. It serves as an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, healthcare professionals and advocates seeking to better understand, address and overcome health disparities and inequities within marginalized communities.

 

“Health Equity: African Americans and Public Health” is available now and can be purchased from For more information about the book, please visit https://shorturl.at/ikAIT.