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Author Mack, Alison, author.

Title Supporting a movement for health and health equity : lessons from social movements : workshop summary / Alison Mack, Alina Baciu, and Nirupa Goel, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xv, 94 pages)) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Title from PDF title page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Supporting a Movement for Health and Health Equity is the summary of a workshop convened in December 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the lessons that may be gleaned from social movements, both those that are health-related and those that are not primarily focused on health. Participants and presenters focused on elements identified from the history and sociology of social change movements and how such elements can be applied to present-day efforts nationally and across communities to improve the chances for long, healthy lives for all. The idea of movements and movement building is inextricably linked with the history of public health. Historically, most movements--including, for example, those for safer working conditions, for clean water, and for safe food--have emerged from the sustained efforts of many different groups of individuals, which were often organized in order to protest and advocate for changes in the name of such values as fairness and human rights. The purpose of the workshop was to have a conversation about how to support the fragments of health movements that roundtable members believed they could see occurring in society and in the health field. Recent reports from the National Academies have highlighted evidence that the United States gets poor value on its extraordinary investments in health--in particular, on its investments in health care--as American life expectancy lags behind that of other wealthy nations. As a result, many individuals and organizations, including the Healthy People 2020 initiative, have called for better health and longer lives.
Funding This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and The California Endowment (20112338), the California HealthCare Foundation (17102), Health Partners, Health Resources and Services Administration (HHSH25034015T), Kaiser East Bay Community Foundation (20131471), The Kresge Foundation (101288), the Mayo Clinic, Missouri Foundation for Health (12-0879-SOF-12), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (2013-010204), Nemours, New York State Health Foundation (12-01708), Novo Nordisk, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70555). The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.
Contents Introduction -- Lessons from social movements -- Lessons from health-related movements -- Investing in health communities: one foundation's approach -- Lessons from social movements beyond health -- Reaction and response -- References -- Workshop agenda -- Considerations for building a population health movement: five key debates -- Glossary of movement terminology -- Speaker and moderator biographies.
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Subject Medical policy -- Social aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
Medical policy -- Social aspects.
United States.
Medical policy.
Health services accessibility -- United States -- Congresses.
Health services accessibility.
Medical care -- Needs assessment -- United States -- Congresses.
Medical care -- Needs assessment.
Public health -- United States -- Congresses.
Public health.
Social movements -- United States -- Congresses.
Social movements.
Community Health Services.
Health Promotion.
Healthcare Disparities.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Social Change.
United States.
Genre/Form Congress.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Subject Medical care.
Social movements.
Genre/Form Technical reports.
Technical reports.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Baciu, Alina, author.
Goel, Nirupa, author.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, host institution.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, host institution.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, issuing body.
Accelerating a Movement to Improve Health and Promote Health Equity (Workshop) (2013 : Irvine, Calif.)
Other Form: Print version: Supporting a movement for health and health equity. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2014 9780309303316
ISBN 9780309303316
0309303311
9780309303323
030930332X