A multisectoral approach to advance health equity in rural northern Arizona: county-level leaders' perspectives on health equity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multisectoral and public-private partnerships are critical in building the necessary infrastructure, policy, and political will to ameliorate health inequity. A focus on health equity by researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers prioritizes action to address the systematic, avoidable, and unjust differences in health status across population groups sustained over time and generations that are beyond the control of individuals. Health equity requires a collective process in shaping the health and wellbeing of the communities in which we live, learn, work, play, and grow. This paper explores multisectoral leaders' understanding of the social, environmental, and economic conditions that produce and sustain health inequity in northern Arizona, a geographically expansiv

SUBMITTER: Jimenez DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9100312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature