INTRODUCTION; 1. The Forces Driving and Embodied Within a New Field of Equity in Health; Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D; PART I: NEW THEORY, PARADIGMS AND PERSPECTIVES; 2. Challenges in Eliminating Health Disparities; Bailus Walker, Jr, PhD, MPH, FACE; 3. Toward Evidence-Based and Culturally Appropriate Models For Reducing Global Health Disparities: An Africanist Perspective; Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, PhD, MPH and Titilayo Okoror, PhD.