Race, Gender and Health / Edition 1

by Marcia Bayne-Smith

Overview

The influence of race and gender on the health status of nonwhite women in the United States is the theme of this book. Four distinct groups of women are examined closely: African Americans; American Indians and Alaskan Natives; Asian//Pacific Islander Americans; and Latinas. Contributors focus in particular on structural and cultural factors which affect women's health issues. The concluding chapter calls for the development of new paradigms to improve the delivery of health care for these women and for the US population as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803955059
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/15/1995
Series:	SAGE Series on Race and Ethnic Relations , #15
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Bayne-Smith, Marcia

Four of the seven contributors are affiliated with academic institutions. They are public health specialists, psychiatrists, social scientists, and public policy. Two are from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction - John H Stanfield II
Foreword - Audrey F Manley
Health and Women of Color - Marcia Bayne-Smith
A Contextual Overview
African American Women - Lorna Scott Mc Barnette
American Indian and Alaska Native Women - Jo Ann Kauffman and Yvette K Joseph-Fox
Asian/Pacific Islander American Women - Reiko Homma True and Tessie Guillermo
Latino Women - Aida L Giachello
Redefining Health in the 21st Century - Marcia Bayne-Smith and Lorna Scott Mc Barnette

Editorial Reviews

Explores the influences of race and gender on the health status of African-American, Native American, Alaskan, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Latina women in the United States, groups that historically have been under-served by the health care industry. Also considers the potential adverse effects of managed competition on services provided to women of color, and encourages the development of new models to improve the delivery of health care for everyone. Of interest to students and professionals in the fields of race studies, health care, gender, nursing and medicine, social work, sociology, anthropology, public administration, gerontology, and family studies. Paper edition (unseen), $24. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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