Civil Rights Law and the Determinants of Health

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• Alternative Title:
  J Law Med Ethics
• Personal Author:
  Pepin, Dawn ; Weber, Samantha Bent
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Civil Rights Humans Social Determinants Of Health Social Discrimination State Government
• Source:
  J Law Med Ethics. 47(2 Suppl):76-79
• Pubmed ID:
  31298134
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6732784
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  47
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6a937b3ca3206555ea934f2934df49bd1ad646b658f59469f5acd74e83038ef1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81326/cdc_81326_DS1.pdf
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