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Editor's Note: This article is a reprint of a previously published article. For citation purposes, please use the original publication details: Krieger N, Rowley DL, Herman AA, Avery B, Phillips MT. Racism, sexism, and social class: implications for studies of health, disease, and well-being. Am J Prev Med. 1993;9(6 suppl):82-122.
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Racismo , Humanos , Sexismo , Clase SocialRESUMEN
The essence of public health advocacy is spreading the word-spreading the word to members of one's community about ways to protect and promote health, and spreading the word to decision makers about health policies that need to be enacted. The authors profile 2 women who spread the word-one who focuses on breast cancer in the Asian American community and one who works in cooperation with churches in the fight against HIV/AIDS in African and African American communities-and discuss the importance of "creating shoulders for others to stand on" in the fight for social change.
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Planificación en Salud Comunitaria , Defensa del Consumidor , Práctica de Salud Pública , Cambio Social , Negro o Afroamericano , Asiático , Neoplasias de la Mama/etnología , Toma de Decisiones en la Organización , Femenino , Infecciones por VIH/etnología , Humanos , Formulación de Políticas , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Frequently, we take the "public" out of public health and allow the practice to become extremely narrow, limited to experts telling the public what's best for them.
