Health issues in the black community

Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945- (Added Author). Taylor, Sandra E., 1955- (Added Author). Treadwell, Henrie M. (Added Author).

Summary: This (third edition) provides the most complete coverage of the factors affecting the health status of African Americans. The need for this book is tremendous: in the seven years since the release of the second edition, the health status among African Americans has continued to be marginalized against national morbidity and mortality statistics. All existing chapters have been substantially updated, and this edition includes numerous new thematic chapters to capture the evolving dynamics of health disparities in the African American community.

Item details

ISBN: 9780470436790
ISBN: 0470436794
Physical Description: print
xxxvi, 620 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass ; [Washington, DC] : APHA Press, ©2009.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Health status across the life span. African American health : an overview / Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, and Henrie M. Treadwell ; "Without health and long life all else fails" : a history of African Americans and the elimination of racial disparities in health care / Vanessa Northington Gamble ; The health status of children and adolescents / Desirée A.H. Oliver, Gene H. Brody ; The health status of black women / Sandra E. Taylor, Kisha Braithwaite Holden ; The health status of black men / Jean J.E. Bonhomme, April M.W. Young ; Health and black older adults : insights from a life-course perspective / Sherrill L. Sellers, Ishtar O. Govia, James S. Jackson -- pt. 2. Social, mental, and environmental challenges. Stigma and mental health in African Americans / L. DiAnne Bradford, Cassandra Newkirk, Kisha Braithwaite Holden ; Homicide and violence among African American youth : from epidemic to endemic? / Emilie Phillips Smith, Joseph Richardson, Rhonda BeLue ; Narrowing the gap between supply and demand of organs for transplantation : current issues for African Americans / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Dana H.Z. Robinson, L. Ebony Boulware ; African Americans on the front line of environmental assault / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Angel O. Torres ; The impact of incarceration on the health of African Americans / Nicholas Freudenberg, Megha Ramaswamy.