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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Collective Cure: Upstream Solutions for Better Public Health

The Collective Cure: Upstream Solutions for Better Public Health

Wang, Monica L.

Hardcover

Health GeneralPublic Health

Publisher Price: $27.95

ISBN10: 0807017493
ISBN13: 9780807017494
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
A personable, story-driven explanation of how the systems around us--where we live, work, learn, and connect--shape our health, and how each of us can help create healthier communities.

A powerful blend of deeply human stories and rigorous research, The Collective Cure reveals how social and structural factors like income, occupation, race and ethnicity, neighborhood conditions, and social connections, profoundly shape our well-being. Dr. Monica Wang, an award-winning public health researcher, educator, and working mother who came of age as an Asian American bussing student, brings a personal lens to these complex issues and shares a hopeful, action-oriented vision for building healthier communities from the ground up.

Through her own personal and professional journey and the lives of three extraordinary women across the U.S., readers are invited to see how health is shaped in everyday spaces:

  • Marielis, a first-generation Latina student navigating financial insecurity in the Bronx
  • Dorothy, a semi-retired Black community organizer in rural Alabama
  • Rosa, an Indigenous clinical social worker preserving ancestral traditions in Texas

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