Voter Participation Is a Path to Health Equity: How Health Departments Can Promote a Healthy, Inclusive Democracy

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2024
Published By
Wolters Kluwer

This journal article discusses how public health agencies can use their resources and relationships to foster communities in which voting is accessible, easily understood, and part of a larger culture of civic engagement. It also provides recommendations for health departments to be nonpartisan advocates for voting and advancing health equity in the process.

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Published on 10/22/2021