Equity, Public Health, and Philanthropy in the South By Ann Rosewater
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How can we ensure that all Southerners enjoy health in healthy communities? This critical question has received far too little attention; focus has been placed on stemming "disease," rather than on "health" and on individuals rather than on populations and communities. As we learn more about what contributes to "healthy people and healthy communities," philanthropy can and must play a central role in achieving them.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005