More than 100 contributors from across the United States, all recognized experts in their fields, present information on the vast racial and ethnic health disparities, as well as approaches that can be used to reduce or eliminate these disparities. Chapters address topics from heart health, hypertension, diabetes, asthma and lung disease, and HIV/AIDS to alcohol and drug abuse, infant mortality, nutrition and exercise. Presents state-of-the-art information in a manner free of confusing jargon, making this accessible to a casual user, yet still helpful to students, scholars, and researchers. Chapters also address disparities in reproductive health, life expectancy and access to health care. Chapter authors include professionals and professors with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Pennsylvania State University. This expansion of Dr. Livingston's first edition of the handbook includes a doubling of the text, with 20 new chapters and complete updates revising the 27 returning chapters. These volumes will be of special interest to those in fields including public health, medicine, health psychology, health policy, and medical sociology.

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Praeger Handbook of Black American Health [Two Volumes]: Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health 2nd Edition

Praeger Handbook of Black American Health: Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health 2nd Edition [Two Volumes]

edited by Ivor Lensworth Livingston; foreword by David Satcher

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2 edition, June 30, 2004

Volume 1, 2004

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First ed. published under title: Handbook of Black American health
Includes bibliographical references and index

2 volumes (xlvii, 911 pages) : 27 cm
First ed. published under title: Handbook of Black American health
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
pt. 3. Lifestyle, social, and mental outcomes -- The life expectancy of the Black male: pressing issues from the cradle to the grave / Donald R. Ware and Ivor Lensworth Livingston -- HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases / John I. McNeil and Kim M. Williams -- Infectious diseases among African Americans / Marian McDonald [and others] -- Forms of violence and violence prevention / Le Roy E. Reece [and others] -- Unintentional injuries: the burden, risks, and preventive strategies to address diversity / Christine M. Branche [and others] -- Illicit drug use and adverse consequences: impact on Black Americans / Howard D. Chilcoat and James C. Anthony -- African Americans and alcohol use: implications for intervention and prevention / Frederick D. Harper, Teresa Grant, and Kimberly N. Montgomery -- Disparate African American and White infant mortality rates in the United States / Jane A. Otado, Chinua Akukwe, and James W. Collins Jr. -- Mental health of African Americans / Colwick M. Wilson and David R. Williams -- Vulnerability of African Americans to adverse health: the importance of social status and stress / Ivor Lensworth Livingston, Robert M. Brown III, and Shaffiran Livingston -- Nutrition concerns of Black Americans / Deborah Blocker and Ivis T. Forrester-Anderson -- Physical activity in Black America / Carlos J. Crespo and Ross E. Andersen -- Reproductive health disparities among African American women / Diane L. Rowley and Yvonne W. Fry
v. 2. pt. Sociopolitical, environmental, and structural challenges -- The role of the family in African American health / Hector F. Myers, Angela T. Echiverri, and Brandi N. Odom -- Disparities in medication use, action, and prescribing for African Americans / Akima R. Howard, Carolyn Ford, and Hugh M. McLean -- 24-7 on the front line: African Americans and the emergency department experience / Reynold Lewis Trowers -- Homelessness and health problems among African Americans / Richard A. English, Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, and Altaf Husain -- African Americans, spirituality, and health: the impact on beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors / Martha R. Crowther, B. Lee Green, and Tonya D. Armstrong -- Health, disparity, and the older population: greater disparity between Black and White, or within Black? / Ron C. Manuel and Jacqueline Marie Smith -- Rural health of Black America: a complex frontier / Captain Mark S. Eberhardt -- School reform meets prevention science: toward ensuring more hopeful futures for African American children / A. Wade Boykin and Robert J. Jagers -- Complementary and alternative health practices in the Black community: existing and emergent trends / Eric J. Bailey and Jacqueline A. Watson -- Behind bars: an examination of race and health disparities in prison / Vernetta D. Young, Rebecca Reviere, and Yaw Ackah -- Environmental racism: its causes and solutions / Sheila A. Foster -- Outreach to African American communities: from theory to practice / Brian K. Gibbs and Deborah Prothrow-Stith
pt. 5. Ethics, research, technology, and social policy issues -- Health policy and the politics of health care for African Americans / Samuel L. Brown -- African Americans and access to health care: trends in the use of health services / Llewellyn J. Cornelius -- African Americans in the health-care workforce: underrepresentation and health disparities / Sterling King Jr. and Richard Jarvis Enochs -- Geographic information systems perspective on Black American health / Joseph R. Oppong and Sara M. Garcia -- The human genome: implications for the health of African Americans / Georgia M. Dunston and Charmaine D.M. Royal -- Ethnic disparities in transplantation: a strategic plan for their elimination / Clive O. Callender [and others] -- Transforming structural barriers to improve the health of African Americans / Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, J. DeWitt Webster, and Titilayo Oladosu -- Issues surrounding the involvement of African Americans in clinical trials and other research / Oscar E. Streeter Jr. [and others] -- Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health: a framework for action / Ivor Lensworth Livingston and J. Jacques Carter

V. 1. Pt. I. Cardiovascular and related chronic conditions. Trends in cardiovascular diseases: an overview of evolving disparities
The social epidemiology of coronary heart disease in African Americans
Cerebrovascular disease in Black americans: disparities in burden and care
Hypertension: a community perspective
End-stage renal disease
Diabetes-related disparities in African Americans
Pt. II. General chronic conditions. Cancer status in Black Americans
The epidemiology chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in African Americans
Sickle-cell disease: biosocial aspects
Ophthalmic disease in Blacks: prospects for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health in the public health context
Immunological disorders
Oral health status and disparities in Black Americans
Communication disorders and African Americans
Pt. III. Lifestyle, social, and mental outcomes. The life expectancy of the Black male: pressing issues from the cradle to the grave
HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
Infectious diseases among African Americans
Forms of violence and violence prevention
Unintentional injuries: the burden, risks, and preventive strategies to address diversity
Illicit drug use and adverse consequences: impact on Black Americans
African Americans and alcohol use: implications for intervention and prevention
Disparate African American and White infant mortality rates in the United States
Mental health of African Americans
Vulnerability of African Americans to adverse health: the importance of soxial status and stress
Nutrition concerns of Black Americans
Physical activity in Black America
Reproductive health disparities among African American women
V. II. Pt. IV. Sociopolitical, environmental, and structural challenges. The role of the family in African American health
Disparities in medication use, action, and prescribing for African Americans
24-7 on the front line: African Americans and the emergency department experience
Homelessness and health problems among African Americans
African Americans, spirituality, and health: the impact on beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
Health , disparity, and the older population: greater disparity between Black and White, or within Black?
Rural health of Black America: a complex frontier
School reform meets prevention science: toward ensuring more hopeful futures for African American children
Complementary and alternative health practices in the Black community: existing and emergent trends
Behind bars: an examination of race and health disparities in prison
Environmental racism: its causes and solutions
Outreach to African American communities: from theory to practice
Pt. V. Ethics, research, technology, and social policy issues. Health policy and the politics of health care for African Americans
African Americans and access to health care: trends in the use of health services
African Americans in the health-care workforce: underrepresentation and health disparities
Geographic information systems perspective on Black American health
The human genome: implications for the health of African Americans
Ethnic disparities in transplantation: a strategic plan for their elimination
Transforming structural barriers to improve the health of African Americans
Issues surrounding the involvement of African Americans in clinical trials and other research
Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health: a framework for action

Current epidemiological evidence indicates a persistent disparity in health status, morbidity, and mortality among racial/ethnic minorities relative to non-Hispanic Whites, with African Americans, especially those who are poor, evidencing the greatest health disadvantage of all groups in the United States, regardless of the health status indicator used (Health United States, 2001 ).

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