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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050146

Analytic Essay Forum

A Community Resilience Approach to Reducing Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Health

Rachel Davis, MSW 1*, Danice Cook, BA 1, Larry Cohen, MSW 1

1 Prevention Institute

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rachel{at}preventioninstitute.org.


  Abstract

Prevention Institute, a nonprofit, national center dedicated to health and wellbeing, developed a toolkit for health and resilience in vulnerable environments (THRIVE), a community resilience assessment toolkit, to help communities bolster factors that will improve health outcomes and reduce disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities. THRIVE is grounded in research and was developed with input from a national expert panel. It has demonstrated utility in urban, rural, and suburban settings.<P/>

Within months of piloting, several communities had initiated farmers' markets and youth programs. THRIVE provides a framework for community members, coalitions, public health practitioners, and local decisionmakers to identify factors associated with poor health outcomes in communities of color the range of partners needed to improve community health outcomes, such as planners, elected officials, businesses, housing, and transportation; engage and take action to remedy disparities.

Key Words: Community Health, Health Promotion, Prevention, Public Health Practice, Race/Ethnicity, Qualitative Research




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