Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach

Edited by renowned authors, Dr. PsyD Smalley, Dr. K. Bryant, Dr. Warren, and Dr. M. Isabel Fernandez, this comprehensive textbook provides a holistic understanding of health disparities and their underlying causes. By presenting current theoretical foundations, cultural context, and evidence-based models and interventions, this book equips students with the knowledge to design and implement effective health equity solutions in their communities.

Understanding Health Disparities and Health Equity

The book is divided into three sections, with the first section providing the context of health equity research and practice. Students will gain a deeper understanding of key topics such as prejudice and discrimination, frameworks and theories, and research and collaboration approaches.

Addressing Health Inequities in Diverse Populations

Section II delves into the current knowledge of specific populations impacted by health equity issues, including African American, Latinx and Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Veteran, People with Disabilities, and more. Each chapter is authored or co-authored by members of the community being discussed, providing a unique perspective on how health disparities impact each group, ongoing population-specific models of disparities and equity, emerging programs for achieving health equity, and the role of intersectionality.

The Power of Cultural Humility in Achieving Health Equity

Section III highlights the crucial role of cultural humility in achieving health equity. By adopting a solutions-focused and community-affirming approach, students will discover evidence-based models to advance health through diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Key Features of Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach

• Origins and Theories: Explores the sociocultural and political origins of health disparities and the major theories underlying health equity.
• Solutions-Focused: Presents emerging models and best practices in designing new programs to achieve health equity.
• Diverse Population Coverage: Provides historical context, sociocultural dynamics, and population-specific evidence-based programs from the voices of the communities being discussed.
• Intersectionality Perspective: Highlights the role of overlapping and interdependent identities in promoting health equity and the interventions that build from this perspective.
• Case Studies and Real-World Examples: Demonstrates how to apply health equity improvement approaches in different contexts.

eBook access is included with print purchase, allowing students to access the book on most mobile devices or computers. Instructors can also utilize the Instructors Packet, which includes an Instructors Manual, PowerPoint slides, Test Bank, and a Sample Syllabus.

Published by Springer Publishing Company, this 1st edition was released on July 18, 2020, and is available in English. The book is supported by Screen Reader and features Sticky notes on Kindle Scribe. The page numbers source ISBN is 0826177239.