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Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader / Edition 2
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- 111804908X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781118049082
- Pub. Date:
- 10/16/2012
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- Wiley
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Overview
New chapters cover: reflections on demographic changes in the US based on the current census; metrics and nomenclature for disparities; theories of genetic basis for disparities; the built environment; residential segregation; environmental health; occupational health; health disparities in integrated communities; Latino health; Asian populations; stress and health; physician/patient relationships; hospital treatment of minorities; the slavery hypertension hypothesis; geographic disparities; and intervention design.
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ISBN-13: | 9781118049082 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 10/16/2012 |
Series: | Public Health/Vulnerable Populations , #26 |
Edition description: | 2nd Revised ed. |
Pages: | 848 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Lydia Isaac, PhD, is assistant professor and fieldwork coordinator, Community Health, Department of Urban Public Health, Hunter College. She formerly served with the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. Dr. Isaac's research interests include translating research into policy and practice, racial and ethnic health disparities, the social determinants of health and the neighborhood environment and its role in health promotion.
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Table of Contents
Sources xiThe Editors xv
The Authors xvii
Introduction: The Ethnic Demographic Transition 1Thomas A. LaVeist
Chapter 1 Defining Health and Health Care Disparities and Examining Disparities Across the Life Span 11Lydia A. Isaac
Part 1 Historical and Political Considerations
Chapter 2 The Color Line: Race Matters in the Elimination of Health Disparities 35Stephen B. Thomas
Chapter 3 Health Care Disparities—Science, Politics, and Race 41M. Gregg Bloche
Part 2 Conceptualizing Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 4 Why Genes Don’t Count (for Racial Differences in Health) 49Alan H. Goodman
Chapter 5 Using “Socially Assigned Race” to Probe White Advantages in Health Status 57Camara Phyllis Jones, Benedict I. Truman, Laurie D. Elam-Evans, Camille A. Jones, Clara Y. Jones, Ruth Jiles, Susan F. Rumisha, Geraldine S. Perry
Part 3 Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities Psychosocial and Individual-Level Determinants 77
Chapter 6 Racism as a Stressor for African Americans: A Biopsychosocial Model 79Rodney Clark, Norman B. Anderson, Vernessa R. Clark, David R. Williams
Chapter 7 A Systematic Review of Empirical Research on Self-Reported Racism and Health 105Yin Paradies
Chapter 8 Stress, Coping, and Health Outcomes among African-Americans: A Review of the John Henryism Hypothesis 139Gary G. Bennett, Marcellus M. Merritt, John J. Sollers III, Christopher L. Edwards, Keith E. Whitfield, Dwayne T. Brandon, Reginald D. Tucker-Seeley
Chapter 9 Race and Unhealthy Behaviors: Chronic Stress, the HPA Axis, and Physical and Mental Health Disparities over the Life Course 159James S. Jackson, Katherine M. Knight, Jane A. Rafferty
Chapter 10 Epigenetics and the Embodiment of Race: Developmental Origins of U.S. Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Health 175Christopher W. Kuzawa, Elizabeth Sweet
The Effects of Culture 213
Chapter 11 Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and Its Sociopolitical Context 215Marielena Lara, Cristina Gamboa, M. Iya Kahramanian, Leo S. Morales, David E. Hayes Bautista
Chapter 12 Measuring Culture: A Critical Review of Acculturation and Health in Asian Immigrant Populations 253Talya Salant, Diane S. Lauderdale
Chapter 13 Racial Influences Associated with Weight-Related Beliefs in African American and Caucasian Women 291Christie Z. Malpede, Lori F. Greene, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Wendy K. Jefferson, Richard M. Shewchuk, Monica L. Baskin, Jamy D. Ard
Chapter 14 Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Differences Between U.S.- and Foreign-Born Women in Major U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups 303Gopal K. Singh, Stella M. Yu
Social Determinants 321
Chapter 15 Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale 323Camara Phyllis Jones
Chapter 16 Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health 331David R. Williams, Chiquita Collins
Chapter 17 Life Course Theories of Race Disparities: A Comparison of the Cumulative Dis/Advantage Theory Perspective and the Weathering Hypothesis 355Roland J. Thorpe Jr., Jessica A. Kelley-Moore
Chapter 18 U.S. Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations 375David R. Williams, Chiquita Collins
Chapter 19 Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities 419Thomas A. LaVeist
Environmental Determinants 437
Chapter 20 Race/Ethnicity, the Social Environment, and Health 439Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Thomas A. LaVeist
Chapter 21 Built Environments and Obesity in Disadvantaged Populations 455Gina S. Lovasi, Malo A. Hutson, Monica Guerra, Kathryn M. Neckerman
Chapter 22 Health Risk and Inequitable Distribution of Liquor Stores in African American Neighborhoods 485Thomas A. LaVeist, John M. Wallace Jr.
Chapter 23 Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts 493Gilbert C. Gee, Devon C. Payne-Sturges
Chapter 24 Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Scientifi c Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Occupational Health 523Linda Rae Murray
Part 4 Health Services and Health System Effects Patients 539
Chapter 25 Attitudes About Racism, Medical Mistrust, and Satisfaction with Care Among African American and White Cardiac Patients 541Thomas A. LaVeist, Kim J. Nickerson, Janice V. Bowie
Chapter 26 The Legacy of Tuskegee and Trust in Medical Care: Is Tuskegee Responsible for Race Differences in Mistrust of Medical Care? 557Dwayne T. Brandon, Lydia A. Isaac, Thomas A. LaVeist
Chapter 27 Patient Race/Ethnicity and Quality of Patient–Physician Communication during Medical Visits 569Rachel L. Johnson, Debra Roter, Neil R. Powe, Lisa A. Cooper
Providers 587
Chapter 28 Implicit Bias among Physicians and Its Prediction of Thrombolysis Decisions for Black and White Patients 589Alexander R. Green, Dana R. Carney, Daniel J. Pallin, Long H. Ngo, Kristal L. Raymond, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Mahzarin R. Banaji
Chapter 29 The Effect of Patient Race and Socio-Economic Status on Physicians’ Perceptions of Patients 607Michelle van Ryn, Jane Burke
Chapter 30 Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice 637Knox H. Todd, Christi Deaton, Anne P. D’Adamo, Leon Goe
Chapter 31 The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians’ Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization 647Kevin A. Schulman, Jesse A. Berlin, William Harless, Jon F. Kerner, Shyrl Sistrunk, Bernard J. Gersh, Ross Dubé, Christopher K. Taleghani, Jennifer E. Burke, Sankey Williams, John M. Eisenberg, José J. Escarce
System 665
Chapter 32 Advancing Health Disparities Research within the Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework 667Amy M. Kilbourne, Galen Switzer, Kelly Hyman, Megan Crowley-Matoka, Michael J. Fine
Chapter 33 Linking Cultural Competence Training to Improved Health Outcomes: Perspectives from the Field 689Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green
Chapter 34 “We Don’t Carry That”—Failure of Pharmacies in Predominantly Nonwhite Neighborhoods to Stock Opioid Analgesics 697R. Sean Morrison, Sylvan Wallenstein, Dana K. Natale, Richard S. Senzel, Lo-Li Huang
Chapter 35 Do Hospitals Provide Lower-Quality Care to Minorities than to Whites? 707Darrell J. Gaskin, Christine S. Spencer, Patrick Richard, Gerard F. Anderson, Neil R. Powe, Thomas A. LaVeist
Part 5 Health Disparities Solutions
Chapter 36 Linking Science and Policy through Community-Based Participatory Research to Study and Address Health Disparities 723Meredith Minkler
Chapter 37 The National Health Plan Collaborative to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality 741Nicole Lurie, Allen Fremont, Stephen A. Somers, Kathryn Coltin, Andrea Gelzer, Rhonda Johnson, Wayne Rawlins, Grace Ting, Winston Wong, Donna Zimmerman
Chapter 38 Interventions to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care 761Marshall H. Chin, Amy E. Walters, Scott C. Cook, Elbert S. Huang
Index 787
What People are Saying About This
"This critical selection of hallmark articles effectively addresses health disparities in America and should be required reading for students, teachers, and professionals in public health."
— Ronald Braithwaite, Ph.D., professor, department of behavioral sciences and health education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
"This reader compellingly documents one of the great unfinished tasks of American medicine and public healthequal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Every health worker, professional, and student, alike, should read it as an essential first step in understanding and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in care."
— H. Jack Geiger, M.D., Logan Professor of Community Medicine, Emeritus, City University of New York Medical School
"This book will be a unique resource for faculty and students in public health as well as faculty and students from diverse social science fields interested in applied health issues in communities of color. I also think it will be valuable to public health administrators and frontline staff who serve diverse racial and ethnic populations."
— Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts