Handbook of African American health
Subtitle: social and behavioral interventions
By: Anthony J. Lemelle, Wornie Reed, Sandra Taylor, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781441996152; 9781441996169
Subjects: Medical care; Health and hygiene; African Americans; Handbooks, manuals
Description: The U.S. Census Bureau reports particular demographic, social, and health conditions for African Americans. Population-wide, the African American community has a higher mortality rate from cancer and diabetes than the rest of the population, a higher infant mortality rate, and a lower vaccination rate for influenza and pneumonia. The contributions to this comprehensive "Handbook of African American Health" uncover the specific demographic conditions of the African American population, and outline social interventions for both physical and mental health at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. (From back cover.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Background of social and behavioral health disparities: interventions among African Americans.; title: Conceptual, operational, and theoretical overview of African American health related disparities for social and behavioral interventions --; title: Ethics and intervention programming.; title: Part 2. Fundamental intervention needs.; title: Health, nutrition, access to healthy food and well-being among African Americans.--; title: Promoting physical activity in black children and adolescents: intervention strategies health practitioners have put into play.; title: Part 3. Major lifestyle intervention considerations.; title: Reducing tobacco related health disparities: using mass media campaigns to prevent smoking and increase cessation in underserved populations.; title: Part 4.-Important interventions for children.; title: Preventing childhood lead poisoning --; title: Contemporary interventions to prevent and reduce community violence among African American youth --; title: Factor structure and expression of depressive symptoms in a community sample of African American adolescents living in urban public housing --; title: Rites of passage: cultural paths for HIV/AIDS prevention in African American girls.; title: Part 5. Urgent interventions for women --; title: Black-white disparities in birth outcomes: is racism-related stress a missing piece of the puzzle? --; title: African American women and breast cancer: interventions at multiple levels.; title: Part 6. Critical interventions for African American men.; title: Prevention of risky sexual behaviors among African American men --; title: Post-prison community re-entry and African American males: implications for family therapy and health --; title: Beyond the myth: addressing suicide among African American males.; title: Part 7. Clinical interventions for healthy communities.; title: Increasing cultural competency among medical care providers --; title: Tailoring health interventions: an approach for working with African American churches to reduce cancer health disparities --; title: Process evaluation of a nursing support intervention with rural African American mothers with preterm infants --; title: Interventions to provide more equitable health care: emerging evidence and next steps.