Ethnic Diseases Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information for Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups in the United States, Including General Health Indicators ... ethn (Health Reference Series (Unnumbered).)
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: April 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780780803367
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Medical Genetics; Health Care Delivery; Health Services For Special Classes; Reference; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Sociology; General; Minorities; United States; Diseases - General; Ethnic Studies - General; Diseases; Genetic disorders; Allied Health Services - General
Table of contents: title: PART I: GENERAL HEALTH OF ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES: Health indicators and behaviors by race and ethnicity -- Immunization rates of youth and persons over 65 -- Infant mortality rates -- Alcohol and minorities -- Tobacco use in U.S. ethnic and racial minority groups -- Drug use in racial and ethnic minorities -- The challenges of aging -- PART II: DISEASES OF ETHNICITY: Allied diseases profiled -- Canavan disease -- Dystonia -- Familial Mediterranean fever -- Gaucher disease -- Lupus -- Niemann-Pick disease -- Sandhoff disease -- Sickle Cell Anemia --Tay-Sachs disease -- Thalassemia -- PART III: GENETIC TESTING: What is genetic counseling? -- Safe and effective genetic testing -- Genetic information and the workplace -- Health insurance in the age of genetics -- PART IV: THE IMPACT OF CHRONIC DISEASES: Asthma -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer patterns of ethnic and racial groups -- Diabetes -- Hepatitis B and C -- The minority Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) crisis -- PART V: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: Overview of cultural diversity and mental health services -- Help-seeking behavior of minorities -- Cultural considerations in treating Asians -- PART VI: ETHNIC WOMEN'S HEALTH: Asian American women -- African American women -- Hispanic American women -- Native American women -- Drug use during pregnancy -- Life expectancy and leading causes of death among women by ethnic and racial group -- Health status of older minority women -- PART VII: IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS: Health insurance and access to health care -- Cultural competency in health care -- Eating healthy with ethnic food -- PART VIII: ADDITIONAL HELP AND INFORMATION: Glossary of important terms -- Minority health resources -- Sources of health education materials -- Genetic testing laboratories in the United States.