Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader by Thomas A. LaVeist (Englis

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Race, Ethnicity, and Health by Thomas A. LaVeist, Lydia A. Isaac Race, Ethnicity and Health, Second Edition, is a new and critical selection of hallmark articles that address health disparities in America. It effectively documents the need for equal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Intended as a resource for faculty and students in public health as well as the social sciences, it will be also be valuable to public health administrators and frontline staff who serve diverse racial and ethnic populations. The book brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field, providing a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race.There has been considerable new research since the original manuscripts preparation in 2001 and publication in 2002, and reflecting this, more than half the book is new content. 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Race, Ethnicity and Health, Second Edition, is a critical selection of hallmark articles that address health disparities in America. It effectively documents the need for equal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Intended as a resource for faculty and students in public health as well as the social sciences, it will be also be valuable to public health administrators and frontline staff who serve diverse racial and ethnic populations. The book brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field, providing a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race. 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. Author Biography Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D. is William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy and Director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a frequent visiting lecturer on minority health issues at other universities. He is also a frequent speaker at professional conferences and workshops sponsored by leading public health professional associations. Dr. LaVeist consults often with federal agencies and healthcare organizations on minority health and cultural competency issues and racial disparities in health. He has conducted several important studies of minority health. His research on minority health has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Center for Disease Control, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Brookdale Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, Russell Sage Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation. 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. Isaacs 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. Table of Contents Sources xi The 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 Dont 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. Whitfi eld, 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 Gardeners 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. DAdamo, 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 Dont 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 Review ."..excellent resource..." (Journal for Healthcare Quality, 10/03)."..excellent resource..." ("Journal for Healthcare Quality", 10/03)., ."excellent resource..." ("Journal for Healthcare Quality", 10/03).,."excellent resource..." ("Journal for Healthcare Quality," 10/03)..."excellent resource..." ("Journal for Healthcare Quality," 10/03)..".excellent resource..." ("Journal for Healthcare Quality, 10/03) Details ISBN111804908X Series Public Health/Vulnerable Populations Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 111804908X ISBN-13 9781118049082 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 26 Year 2012 Subtitle A Public Health Reader Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Lydia A. Isaac Illustrations Illustrations Pages 848 Short Title RACE ETHNICITY & HEALTH REV/E Publication Date 2012-11-02 UK Release Date 2012-11-02 AU Release Date 2012-10-16 NZ Release Date 2012-10-16 Author Lydia A. Isaac Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Edition Description 2nd edition Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. Replaces 9780787964511 DEWEY 362.1089 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly US Release Date 2012-11-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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