Open AccessReducing Health Disparities to Promote Health Equity through Policy Research
Author(s) -
Eliseo J. PérezStable,
Michael H. Sayre
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.29.s2.321
Subject(s) - health equity , ethnic group , equity (law) , health policy , work (physics) , population health , political science , environmental health , social determinants of health , public relations , economic growth , population , medicine , business , public health , nursing , economics , mechanical engineering , law , engineering
Health policy research aligns with the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Understanding the effects of a policy change at a local, state or national level that impacts health requires setting up data collection or accessing existing data to evaluate impact at a population health level. The translational work in the current special supplement issue of Ethnicity & Disease is a powerful and essential approach in optimizing scientific inquiry that supports increasing awareness and selected strategies for cultivating the lives of vulnerable and underserved individuals, families, and communities.