Open AccessMeasures of Local Segregation for Monitoring Health Inequities by Local Health Departments
Author(s) -
Nancy Krieger,
Pamela D. Waterman,
Neelesh Batra,
Johnna S. Murphy,
Daniel P. Dooley,
Sanket U. Shah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.303713
Subject(s) - poverty , ethnic group , demography , public health , confidence interval , health equity , medicine , environmental health , mortality rate , census , census tract , social determinants of health , infant mortality , gerontology , geography , population , sociology , economic growth , economics , nursing , anthropology
To assess the use of local measures of segregation for monitoring health inequities by local health departments.