Urban health : combating disparities with local data /
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | xiv, 380 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8165465 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Section 1. Setting the Stage
- 1. Introducing the Sinai Model for Reducing Health Disparities and Improving Health
- 2. A History of the Movement to Address Health Disparities
- Section 2. The Importance of Local Data
- 3. Sinai's Improving Community Health Survey: Methodology and Key Findings
- 4. The Jewish Community Health Survey of Chicago: Methodology and Key Findings
- 5. The Chicago Asian Community Surveys: Methodology and Key Findings
- 6. Comparing the Health Status of Ten Chicago Communities
- Section 3. Translating Data into Community Action
- 7. Working Together to Live Tobacco-Free: Community-Based Smoking Cessation in North Lawndale
- 8. Combating Childhood Obesity through a Neighborhood Coalition: Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention in Humboldt Park
- 9. Fighting Childhood Obesity in a Jewish Community
- 10. Disproportionate Impact of Diabetes in a Puerto Rican Community of Chicago
- 11. Pediatric Asthma in Black and Latino Chicago Communities: Local Level Data Drives Response
- 12. Humboldt Park: A Community United to Challenge Asthma
- Section 4. Implications
- 13. Community-Based Health Interventions: Past, Present, and Future
- 14. The Future Holds Promise
- Index
