The phrase "address the root issue" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need to tackle the fundamental problem or cause of a situation rather than just the symptoms.
Example: "In order to improve team dynamics, we must first address the root issue of communication breakdowns."
Alternatives: "tackle the underlying problem" or "confront the core issue."
The White House proposals late last year to bolster the F.D.A.'s regulation of Internet pharmacies as a way of dealing with this problem does not address the root issue: we hate gatekeepers; we like self-care.
But Lai and others feel that closing the pedestrianised section of Mong Kok is not a long-term solution and does not address the root issue of street management problems in Hong Kong.
In both the church and the military, policies and programs fail because they do not address the root issue of male-only, hierachical power.
Prescribers were most successful in overcoming patient objections to LAIs by decomposing resistance to uncover the severity of resistance and investigate beyond the initially stated problem to address the root issue.
If put to work at scale, these new economic narratives, methods and tools could address the root issues of what Robert Kennedy critiqued so eloquently all those years ago.
The same people who are leading the way in making a protest more refined and tasteful for middle-class Americans, while failing to address the root issues of said protest.
And while these concerns are valid and urgent, they don't address the root issues of why only a few films made by women and filmmakers of color are deemed worthy of consideration each year, or why films about contemporary black life are continually ignored in Oscar conversations.
And while these concerns are valid and urgent, they don't address the root issues of why only a few films made by women and filmmakers of colour are deemed worthy of consideration each year, or why films about contemporary black life are continually ignored in Oscar conversations.
Experts warn, though, that what is needed now is not another working paper proposing new levels of euro bureaucracy, but a clear action plan that addresses the root issue: markets and investors have lost faith in Europe's ability to regulate its banks.
Tangible barriers might inspire confidence in some citizens and placate the European community, but a wall can only be part of a comprehensive strategy that addresses the root issues of terrorism, overhauls the country's weak and corrupt security apparatus, and critically allocates funds.
It is therefore up to us, not something or someone else, to recognize the role the unconscious plays in all our lives, and abandon topical theories that take us away from addressing the root issues that are ripping our worlds apart.
