Articles

• Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap
• Ensuring that health care reform will meet the needs of minority communities and elimiate health disparities, A Recommendation Report from the HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH), July, 2009.
• Race, Ethnicity & Health Care Reform: Achieving Equity in Our Lifetime, by Dennis P. Andrulis, Nadia J. Siddiqui, Johathan Purtle, Lisa Duchon, December, 2009.
• Moving toward Health Equity: Health Reform Creates a Foundation for Eliminating Disparities, by Families USA Minority Health Initiatives Issue Brief, May 2010.

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• Israel B., Lichtenstein R., Lantz, P., McGranaghan R, Allen A, Guzman R, Softley D and Maciak B. "The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center:" Lessons learned in the development, implementation and evaluation of a community-based participatory research partnership. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 7: 1-19, September, 2001.
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• López, E. D. S., Lichtenstein, R., Lewis, A. T., et al. "Drawing from Freirian Empowerment Methods to Develop and Use Innovative Learning Maps: Increasing Enrollment of Uninsured Children on Detroit's Eastside." Health Promotion Practice 8:181-191. April, 2007. First published on line on September 15, 2006 as doi:10.1177/1524839906286617.
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