TY - JOUR T1 - Social justice, health equity and healthy communities JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 3 LP - 3 VL - 43 IS - 4 AU - Adewale Troutman Y1 - 2013/05/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/43/4/3.1.abstract N2 - Over the decades, our understanding of health has changed, and it continues to evolve. In 1946, the constitution of the World Health Organization declared that health was more than the absence of disease or infirmity, instead defining it as the presence of social and economic well-being. Because of my belief in the triad of human existence — mind, body and spirit — I personally include spiritual well-being as part of that definition. How we define things such as programs, policies, budget expenditures and priorities plays a critical role in how we address them. ER -