Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US – Experiences in Developing the Team and Impacting the Community is available through IntechOpen, the world’s largest publisher of Open Access books. Co-edited by Claudia S.P. Fernandez, DrPH, and Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor for the Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, healthcare experts from nurses to social workers present a way forward which shifts away from our fragmented and often judgmental approach to health.
“Traditional approaches have failed to move the needle on our country’s most deeply entrenched problems,” said Corbie-Smith, Clinical Scholars Co-Director and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Despite major advances in medicine and healthcare, these Wicked Problems persist and particularly for marginalized groups. Challenges in moving toward a Culture of Health are ever-evolving and ever-lasting. They require an infinite mindset from leaders and this book provides real community based examples.”