Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach

Presenting current theoretical foundations, cultural context, and evidence-based models and interventions all in one, Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach 2nd edition continues to provide students with the basis to achieve greater health equity outcomes. Edited by award-winning authors and featuring expert insights from various disciplines including public health, sociology, psychology, and medicine, this textbook transcends conventional discourse on risk factors and disparities by introducing health equity initiatives and programs that can improve public health research and practice.

This 2nd edition features new and expanded coverage on global health equity, populations experiencing homelessness, inequities in immigrant and refugee populations, lessons learned about health equity from the COVID-19 pandemic, and much more. It presents promising programs for achieving health equity in specific populations, and thoughtfully explains points of intersectionality that can produce unique lived experiences with associated inequities. Chapters are authored or co-authored by members of the community being discussed, providing relevant and authentic perspectives to current and future challenges. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.

Key Features:

• NEW Chapters and Expanded Coverage ― Includes new chapters on global health equity and populations experiencing homelessness, and significantly updated content on cultural humility and health equity in African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, immigrant, and refugee populations
• Diverse Population Coverage ― Provides historical context, sociocultural dynamics, and population-specific evidence-based programs from the voices of the communities being discussed
• Lessons Learned from Current Events ― Presents and discusses examples related to health equity challenges and solutions found in the news and related to disparities and inequities measured in the pandemic
• Origins and Theories ― Discusses the sociocultural and political origins of health disparities and the major theories that underlie an understanding of health equity
• Solutions-Focused ― Describes emerging models and gives best practices in designing new programs
• Intersectionality Spotlights ― Highlight the role that overlapping and interdependent identities play in promoting health equity and the interventions they inspire
• Case Studies and Real-World Examples ― Demonstrate how to apply health equity improvement approaches in different contexts
• Instructor's Packet ― Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources featuring chapter PowerPoints, Test banks, an Instructor Manual with learning activities and discussion questions for each chapter, a Sample Syllabus, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text

K. Bryant Smalley, PhD, PsyD, MBA, is a licensed clinical psychologist and health equity researcher. He serves as the Associate Vice President for Research, the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Rural Health, and the Co-Executive Director of the Wyoming Rural Health Institute at the University of Wyoming, where he is also a Professor of Public Health.

Jacob C. Warren, PhD, MBA, CRA, is a behavioral epidemiologist specializing in health equity research. He serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Wyoming Rural Health Institute and Professor of Public Health at the University of Wyoming.

María Isabel Fernández, PhD, is a community psychologist whose health equity work focuses on substance abuse and HIV prevention and treatment in African-American and Hispanic populations. She is Professor Emeritus at the Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University (NSU).