Wheelock College
Master of Social Work Program
SWK 850-05: Culture, Health & Health Disparities
Spring semester 2014
2.7 Required & Recommended Readings
2.7.1 Required Readings
Bradley, E. H., & Taylor, L. A. (2013). The American health care paradox: Why spending more is getting us less. New York: PublicAffairs. Retrieved from http://endeavor.flo.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1451876
- Specifically chapters 3, 5, 6.
On reserve at the Library: http://endeavor.flo.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1413079
Available as an e-book: http://endeavor.flo.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1451876
*Other readings will be posted on Moodle.
2.7.2 Recommended Readings
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (2013). 2012 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Retrieved from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhdr12/
Braveman, P., & Gruskin, S. (2003). Defining equity in health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(4), 254–258. Retrieved from http://jech.bmj.com/content/57/4/254
Clark, E. J. (2004). Health Disparities: Social workers helping communities move from statistics to solutions. Washington, DC: NASW. Retrieved from http://www.naswdc.org/pressroom/2004/040804b.asp
Grant, J. M., Mottet, L. A., Tanis, J., Herman, J. L., Harrison, J., & Keisling, M. (2010). National transgender discrimination survey report on health and health care. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved from http://www.2fwww.thetaskforce.org/downloads/resources_and_tools/ntds_report_on_health.pdf
Michigan Department of Community Health. (2010, February). 2009 Health Disparities Report. Michigan Department of Community Health. Retrieved from http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/86690-2009_Health_Disparities_Report_MDCH_final_2_21_10_2_314185_7.pdf
Smedley, B. D., Stith, A. Y., & Nelson, A. R. (Eds.). (2003). Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Available as an e-book: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/wheelock/docDetail.action?docID=10495410
Ch. 6. Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in Health Professions. p. 199-214.
Williams, D. R., Costa, M. V., Odunlami, A. O., & Mohammed, S. A. (2008). Moving upstream: How interventions that address the social determinants of health can improve health and reduce disparities. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 14(Supplement), S8–S17. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2008/11001/Moving_Upstream__How_Interventions_That_Address.4.aspx
Williams, J. H., Chapa, T., & Des Marais, E. A. (2013). Advanced social work practice behaviors to address behavioral health disparities. Alexandria, VA: National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD). Retrieved from http://www.cswe.org/File.aspx?id=70514
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Minority Health. (2013). National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. Retrieved from www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/content/clas.asp
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [2011]. HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A nation free of disparities in health and health care. Retrieved from http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete.pdf
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