Health issues in Latino males
Subtitle: a social and structural approach
By: edited by Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Luisa Borrell, and William Vega.
Contributors: Aguirre-Molina, Marilyn.; Borrell, Luisa N.; Vega, William.
Series: Critical issues in health and medicine; Critical issues in health and medicine
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780813546032; 9780813546049
Subjects: Hispanic American men -- Health and hygiene; Minority Health -- United States; Health Behavior -- ethnology -- United States; Health Status -- United States; Healthcare Disparities -- United States; Hispanic Americans -- ethnology -- United States; Men's Health -- ethnology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Demographic transformations, structural contexts, and transitions to adulthood / Rubén G. Rumbaut; title: The implications and impact of race on the health of Hispanic/Latino males / Luisa Borrell and Clara Rodríguez; title: Improvements in Latino health data / Olivia Carter-Pokras and Alexander H. Fischer; title: Latino boys : the early years / Marilyn Aguirre-Molina and Gabriela Betancourt; title: The sexual and reproductive health of young Latino males living in the United States / M. Antonia Biggs ... [et al.]; title: Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs / Andres Gil and William Vega; title: The causes and consequences of poor health among Latino Vietnam veterans : parallels for Latino veterans of the war in Iraq / Valentine V. Villa, Nancy Harada, and Anh-Luu Huynh-Hohnbaum; title: Health of incarcerated Latino men / Sandra P. Arévalo, Laia Bécares, and Hortensia Amaro; title: Emergent chronic conditions / Sandra Echeverria and Ana Diez-Roux; title: Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use among Latino men in the United States / Antonio Polo and Margarita Alegría; title: Social determinants of HIV/AIDS : a focus on discrimination and Latino men who have sex with men / George Ayala; title: Health coverage, utilization, and expenditures among Latino men / Russell Homan, Patricia A. Homan, and Olveen Carrasquillo; title: Mental health of elderly Latino males / Cynthia Alford and David Espino; title: New directions for research, policy, and programs addressing the health of Latino males / William Vega, Luisa Borrell, and Marilyn Aguirre-Molina.