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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2010

Finding synergy: reducing disparities in health by modifying multiple determinants.

Nicholas Freudenberg, Kenneth Olden

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Article in American journal of public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicholas FreudenbergCity University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, New York, NY 10010, USA. nfreuden@hunter.cuny.edu
Kenneth Olden

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although researchers acknowledge that health disparities have multiple determinants, most recommendations for reducing inequities focus on a single approach. We suggest integrating 2 approaches for reducing disparities: improving access to primary care and updating and more vigorously enforcing consumer and environmental protection laws. This strategy could reduce the main causes of disparities, such as chronic diseases and injuries; win public and policymaker support; and provide a cost-effective start for achieving equity. Most of the scientific knowledge needed to implement this strategy exists, thus years of additional research would not be needed. Developing targeted regulatory and health care policies to reduce deaths from chronic diseases and injuries would be a major step forward in eliminating health disparities in the United States.

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Health Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesLaw EnforcementChronic DiseaseConservation of Natural ResourcesHumansPolicy MakingUnited StatesWounds and Injuries

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PMID20147690
PMCPMC2837457

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