Title: Praeger handbook of Black American health : policies and issues behind disparities in health /
Authors: Livingston, Ivor Lensworth.
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Socioeconomic Factors; Public Policy; Health Status; African Americans; African Americans Health and hygiene Handbooks, manuals, etc.; African Americans Medical care Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States; United States
Contents: v. 1. pt. 1. Cardiovascular and related chronic conditions -- Trends in cardiovascular diseases: an overview of evolving disparities / Richard F. Gillum -- The social epidemiology of coronary heart disease in African Americans / Ivor Lensworth Livingston [and others] -- Cerebrovascular disease in Black Americans: disparities in burden and care / Gary H. Friday and Edgar Jackson Kenton III -- Hypertension: a community perspective / Keith Norris and David Martins -- End-stage renal disease / Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa -- Diabetes-related disparities in African Americans / Eugene S. Tull and Earle C. Chambers -- pt. 2. General chronic conditions -- Cancer status in Black Americans / Ki Moon Bang -- The epidemiology chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in African Americans / Ki Moon Bang -- Sickle-cell disease: biosocial aspects / Joseph Telfair -- Ophthalmic disease in Blacks: prospects for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health in the public health context / Shaffdeen A. Amuwo, Maurice F. Rabb, and Robert G. Fabian -- Immunological disorders / Marguerite E. Neita and Lateef A. Olopoenia -- Oral health status and disparities in Black Americans / Yolanda Ann Slaughter and Joan L. Gluch -- Communication disorders and African Americans / Joan C. Payne and Carolyn A. Stroman.