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  2. Health in All Policies - Wikipedia

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    The 1978 World Health Organization (WHO) declaration at Alma-Ata was the first formal acknowledgment of the importance of intersectoral action for health. [5] The spirit of Alma-Ata was carried forward in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (adopted in Ottawa in 1986), which discussed "healthy public policies" as a key area for health promotion.

  3. Health equity - Wikipedia

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    The Director of the Health Disparities Group, Vence L. Bonham Jr., leads a team that seeks to qualify and better understand the disparities and reduce the gap in access to genetic counseling, inclusion of minority communities in original research, and access to genetic information to improve health. [220]

  4. Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions - Wikipedia

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    The Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions was established in October 2002 with a 5-year grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Centers of Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities, and Training program (Project EXPORT).

  5. Surgeon General: Health Disparities Remain as US Smoking ...

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    Implementing strategies to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. Encouraging people to stop smoking through resources like 1-800-QUIT-NOW and smokefree.gov . Immediate health benefits ...

  6. Social determinants of health - Wikipedia

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    While medical care and genetics play significant roles, a person’s health outcomes are also profoundly shaped by their social, economic, and environmental conditions. Understanding these determinants is imperative for devising effective strategies to address health disparities and promote equitable access to healthcare.

  7. Global health - Wikipedia

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    Pandemic prevention is the organization and management of preventive measures against pandemics. Those include measures to reduce causes of new infectious diseases and measures to prevent outbreaks and epidemics from becoming pandemics. It is not to be mistaken for pandemic preparedness or mitigation (e.g. against COVID-19) which largely seek to mitigate the magnitude of negative effects of ...

  8. Population health - Wikipedia

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    These are "health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions". [1] A priority considered important in achieving the aim of population health is to reduce health inequities or disparities among different population groups due to, among other factors, the social determinants of health (SDOH).

  9. Health Disparities Center - Wikipedia

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    Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: In 2005, the CRCHD started the Community Networks Program, which "aims to reduce cancer health disparities through community-based participatory education, training, and research among racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations."