Essentials Of Health, Culture, And Diversity: Understanding People, Reducing Disparities (Essential Public Health) - Softcover

Edberg, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0763780456 ISBN 13: 9780763780456

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2012

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Mark Edberg, PhD, MA, Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, in the Milken Institute School of Public Health with secondary appointments in the Department of Anthropology and Elliott School of International Affairs, at the George Washington University.Dr. Edberg is a cultural anthropologist with a focus on public health (domestic and global). He is particularly knowledgeable about how poverty and marginalization and other social/structural determinants intersect with key health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, substance use, youth violence, and health disparities in general.'Dr. Edberg is currently principal investigator (PI) for two research grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD, an NIH institute): Development, implementation and evaluation of a novel youth firearms violence prevention effort in collaboration with a community in Ward 8 of the District of Columbia, and a qualitative-to-quantitative effort to develop an instrument measuring indigenous historical trauma and its potential effects on health disparities among American Indian/Alaska Native communities.'

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• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0763780456
• ISBN 13: 9780763780456
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 186
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