Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D., (editor) is the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Her principal research interests have focused on equity of access to health and health care for vulnerable populations. She is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Association of University Professionals in Health Administration (AUPHA) and Health Administration Press. She is the author of At Risk in America (2nd ed), Designing and Conducting Health Surveys (2nd ed), and Evaluating the US Health Care System (2nd ed).

• Figures, Tables, and Exhibits viiForeword xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xixThe Editor xxiiiThe Contributors xxv1 Analytic Framework 1Lu Ann Aday2 Fundamental Determinants of Population Health 35Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Janet S. de Moor, M. David Low, Barbara J. Low3 Sustainable Development 65Sondip K. Mathur, Carl S. Hacker, Lu Ann Aday4 Human Development 106Barbara J. Low, M. David Low, Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Janet S. de Moor5 Economic Development 183Luisa Franzini, J. Michael Swint, Yuki Murakami, Rafia S. Rasu6 Community Development and Public Health 237Cynthia Warrick, Dan Culica, Beth E. Quill, William D. Spears, Rachel Westheimer Vojvodic7 Toward a Healthy (Re)Public 285Lu Ann Aday, Beth E. Quill, Hardy D. Loe Jr., Charles E. BegleyName Index 333Subject Index 000