For all of our advances in health care and achievements in public health that have contributed to an increased life expectancy, there still remain persistent problems in one's community that are public health in origin. These persistent public health problems are well-studied from an academic standpoint, yet they evade a solution that is practical, economical, and socially just. These are complex, community-based, public health problems that disproportionally impact minority and immigrant populations. This book explores this topic in greater detail. Specifically, what have we, as public health academicians and practitioners learned when partnering with minority and immigrant community members to help them address persistent public health issues that affect them and their families on a daily basis? These are lessons that need to be shared so disadvantaged populations can build their capacity to address and solve persistent public health problems in their communities.
Rosemary M Caron is a Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the former Director of the Master's in Public Health Program in the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in Durham, NH, USA. Rosemary is also core faculty in the UNH Master's Program in Community Development, Policy and Practice, and the New Hampshire Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program. In addition, she is an adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Rosemary teaches public health courses at both the undergraduate and graduate student levels and received the 2011 Teaching Excellence Award in CHHS and is the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Associate Professor Award at UNH. She has published her research in respected, peer-reviewed journals; has edited several books focused on education and public health; and has authored a book on preparing the public health workforce.
JJoav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics at the Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, Kentucky Childrens Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States and Professor of Public Health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the former Medical Director of the Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem and the Founder and Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel
