Civil Rights Law and the Determinants of Health: How Some States Have Utilized Civil Rights Laws to Increase Protections Against Discrimination
| Autor: | Samantha Bent Weber, Dawn Pepin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Social Determinants of Health
media_common.quotation_subject Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Civil rights State (polity) Political science Civil Rights Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health media_common A determinant 030505 public health Health Policy State government Civil rights law Social Discrimination General Medicine United States Health equity Issues ethics and legal aspects Law 0305 other medical science Expansive State Government |
| Zdroj: | J Law Med Ethics |
| ISSN: | 1748-720X 1073-1105 |
| Popis: | One fundamental barrier to eliminating health disparities, particularly with regard to the determinants of health, is the persistence of discrimination. Civil rights law is the primary legal mechanism used to address discrimination. Federal civil rights laws have been the subject of wider analyses as a determinant of health as well as a tool to address health disparities. The research on state civil rights laws, while more limited, is growing. This article will highlight a few examples of how some states are using civil rights laws to combat discrimination, particularly in more expansive ways and in the interest of new populations, presenting tools that can target determinants and address the goal of reducing health disparities. |
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