Health issues in the black community
By: [edited by] Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, and Henrie M. Treadwell
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; APHA Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA; [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780470436790
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Health status across the life span.; title: African American health : an overview  -- Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, and Henrie M. Treadwell; title: "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; title: The health status of children and adolescents  -- Desirée A. H. Oliver, Gene H. Brody; title: The health status of black women  -- Sandra E. Taylor, Kisha Braithwaite Holden; title: The health status of black men  -- Jean J. E. Bonhomme, April M. W. Young; title: 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.; title: Stigma and mental health in African Americans  -- L. DiAnne Bradford, Cassandra Newkirk, Kisha Braithwaite Holden; title: Homicide and violence among African American youth : from epidemic to endemic?  -- Emilie Phillips Smith, Joseph Richardson, Rhonda BeLue; title: 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; title: African Americans on the front line of environmental assault  -- Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Angel O. Torres; title: The impact of incarceration on the health of African Americans -- Nicholas Freudenberg, Megha Ramaswamy; title: pt. 3. Chronic diseases.; title: Hypertension in African American communities  -- Sharon K. Davis, Rakale Collins Quarells, Gary H. Gibbons; title: A general overview of cancer in the United States : incidence and mortality burden among African Americans  -- Shedra Amy Snipes... [et al.]; title: Health disparities : the case for diabetes  -- Gregory Strayhorn; title: Systemic lupus erythematosus  -- S. Sam Lim, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas, Cristina Drenkard; title: Oral health  -- Rueben C. Warren, Allan J. Formicola, Caswell A. Evans -- pt. 4. Lifestyle behaviors.; title: Substance use disorders in the African American community  -- Jean J. E. Bonhomme, Ronald L. Braithwaite, Melita Moore; title: HIV/AIDS in the black community  -- Ivory A. Toldson, Aba D. Essuon, Kamilah M. Woodson; title: Tobacco use and the black community in the United States : a community-focused public health model for eliminating population disparities  -- Robert G. Robinson, Rhonda Conerly Holliday; title: Alcohol use and consequences for blacks  -- Dionne C. Godette; title: Nutrition and obesity issues for African Americans  -- Monica L. Baskin... [et al.]; title: Physical activity -- Antronette K. Yancey, Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, Mona AuYoung; title: pt. 5. Alternative interventions and human resources development.; title: Chiropractic medicine : integral to integrative medicine  -- Malika B. Gooden, Elton D. Holden; title: The role of black faith communities in fostering health  -- Schnavia Smith Hatcher, Kimberly S. Clay, Jeronda T. Burley; title: Community health workers in the black community : building trust, alleviating pain, and improving health access  -- Jacqueline Martinez, Laura Joslin Frye, Leda M. Perez -- pt. 6. Ethical, political, and ecological issues.; title: Using social marketing to lessen health disparities  -- Mesha L. Ellis, James P. Griffin Jr., Ken Resnicow; title: Fostering a social justice approach to health : health equity, human rights, and an antiracism agenda  -- Camara Phyllis Jones, Anthony Hatch, Adewale Troutman; title: Closing the gap : eliminating health disparities -- Henrie M. Treadwell, Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor.