• Int J Psychiatry Med · May 2017

    A commitment to health equity: Reflections on why; One journey toward how.

    • Jennifer Yc Edgoose.
    • 1 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
    • Int J Psychiatry Med. 2017 May 1; 52 (3): 212-218.

    AbstractMany health care practitioners and educators feel stymied as to how to address the pervasive and persistent problem of health care disparities between racial and ethnic groups. The closing plenary for the 37th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine held in September 2016 reminded participants of the urgent need to attend to health inequities and provided both a theoretical framework as well as some sample resources for where to begin.

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