Health issues in the black community / [edited by] Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, and Henrie M. Treadwell.

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Other Authors: Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-, Taylor, Sandra E., 1955-, Treadwell, Henrie M.
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : [Washington, DC] : Jossey-Bass ; APHA Press, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Health and hygiene.
Black or African American.
Health Status.
Health Promotion.
Social Problems.
United States.
Physical Description:xxxvi, 620 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Health status across the life span. African american health: an overview
  • "Without health and long life all else fails": a history of African Americans and the elimination of racial disparities in health care
  • The health status of children and adolescents
  • The health status of black women
  • The health status of black men
  • Health and black older adults: insights from a life-course perspective
  • Pt. 2. Social, mental, and environmental challenges. Stigma and mental health in African Americans
  • Homicide and violence among African American youth: from epidemic to endemic?
  • Narrowing the gap between supply and demand of organs for transplantation: current issues for African Americans
  • African Americans on the front line of environmental assault
  • The impact of incarceration on the health of African Americans
  • Pt. 3. Chronic diseases. Hypertension in African American communities
  • A general overview of cancer in the United States: incidence and mortality burden among African Americans
  • Health disparities: the case for diabetes
  • Systemic lupus erythemotosus
  • Oral health
  • Pt. 4. Lifestyle behaviors. Substance use disorders in the African American community
  • HIV/AIDS in the black community
  • Tobacco use and the black community in the United States: a community-focused public health model for eliminating population disparities
  • Alcohol use and consequences for blacks
  • Nutrition and obesity issues for African Americans
  • Physical activity
  • Pt. 5. Alternative interventions and human resources development. Chiropractic medicine: integral to integrative medicine
  • The role of black faith communities in fostering health
  • Community health workers in the black community: building trust, alleviating pain, and improving health access
  • Pt. 6. Ethical, political, and ecological issues. Using social marketing to lessen health disparities
  • Fostering a social justice approach to health: health equity, human rights, and an antiracism agenda
  • Closing the gap: eliminating health disparities.