Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States

📖 The Scoop

This book will help identifying short- and long-term needs and opportunities, assess the state of the field and support decision-making around environmental health using a racial equity lens. This book documents the state of environmental health and racial equity over the past three decades. It identifies the impact of this work on public health research, health policy, health legislation, health education and health networking. The book reviews, summarizes and synthesizes existing environmental health and racial equity research and resource materials. It chronicles important milestones and achievements of the movement over the past three decades. The book profiles selected groups and leaders who have won national and international awards, honors and recognition for their environmental health and racial equity work. The book illustrates how the environmental health and racial equity framework has been applied in broad solution-oriented areas, including quantitative risks analysis, health implications of suburban sprawl, transportation, air pollution and asthma. The book tracks environmental health and racial equity policies and federal and state laws, executive orders and ordinances. It profiles environmental health and racial equity work carried out in academia in partnership with communities.

Genre: Medical / Epidemiology (fancy, right?)