Health equity: African Americans and public health

Foreword / James E. K. Hildreth

Introduction / Daniel E. Dawes, Kisha B. Holden, and David R. Williams

Health Equity Primer / Daniel E. Dawes, Kisha B. Holden, and David R. Williams

The Role of Trauma as a Sociocultural Determinant of Health for African Americans / Teri E. Lassiter, Linda Alexander, Nazsa Baker, and Brittany Smith

Decreasing Stigma About Mental Health Challenges / Kisha B. Holden, Gilberte Bastien, Chris Villongco, and Chidi Wamuo

Advancing Mental Health Equity for African Americans Through a Focus on Housing Choice / Brian D. Smedley

Improving Black Student School Mental Health Service Access and Utilization / Carrie Woodard, Susan Tarasevich, and Carl I. Fertman

Combating Negative Stereotypes : The Public Health Risks of Black Super- and Sub-Humanity Myths and Other Troubling Tropes / April M.W. Young

Centering Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity / Tabia Henry Akintobi, Arletha W. Livingston, Katherine Gower, Somilez Francis, Shawn Trimble, Dubem Okoye, and Kendra Piper

A Historical Perspective of Structural Racism in the Behavioral Health System / Julie Radlauer-Doerfler, and Alicia Best

Centering African Americans in Evaluation : Actionable Metrics to Evaluate Racial Equity in Public Health and Clinical Programs / Jennifer J. Edwards

Picked to Pieces : Listening to Women Faculty of Color in Higher Education / Marjorie C. Feinson, Michele H. Ozumba, and Janet Holmgren

Strengthening Community Health / Sandra C. Melvin

Understanding and Applying the Political Determinants of Health / Daniel E. Dawes, Christian Amador, and Toynka L. McKinney

Civic Engagement as a Path to Health Equity : Improving the Health of Black Americans Through Voting / Dawn Hunter, Aliya Bhatia, and Carlton Lawrence

Public Safety : An Essential Contributor to Public Health and Health Equity / Tralonda Triplett

Recruiting Participants and Sustaining Partnerships through Institutional Change Research : Methods and Lessons from the Accountability for Cancer Care Through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) Study / Christina Yongue, Nora S. Jones, Jennifer Schaal, Ida Griesemer, Kristin Z. Black, and Samuel Cykert

Adverse Childhood Experiences : Race Matters / Khadijia Tribié Reid

Why Making Racism Obsolete Must Be an Essential Public Health Function / Gail Christopher.