[EQ] Integration of Social Epidemiology and Community-Engaged Interventions to Improve Health Equity

Integration of Social Epidemiology and Community-Engaged Interventions to Improve Health Equity

Nina B. Wallerstein, Irene H. Yen, and S. Leonard Syme
Nina B. Wallerstein is with the Master of Public Health Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Irene H. Yen is with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. S. Leonard Syme is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.

American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2008.140988

May 2011, Vol 101, No. 5

Website:  http://bit.ly/h9Ka9N

“…….The past quarter century has seen an explosion of concern about widening health inequities in the United States and worldwide. These inequities are central to the research mission in 2 arenas of public health: social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions. Yet only modest success has been achieved in eliminating health inequities.

 

 We advocate dialogue and reciprocal learning between researchers with these 2 perspectives to enhance emerging transdisciplinary language, support new approaches to identifying research questions, and apply integrated theories and methods. We recommend ways to promote transdisciplinary training, practice, and research through creative academic opportunities as well as new funding and structural mechanisms….”

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