Praeger Handbook of Black American Health [Two Volumes]

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

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Ivor Lensworth Livingston

Foreword by David Satcher

Book Code: GR2477

ISBN: 0-313-32477-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32477-2

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Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/2004

List Price: $165.00 (UK Sterling Price: £95.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 7 x 10

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Library Journal Best Reference Sources 2004

Reviews:

Starred Review Presenting state-of-the-art information in clearly written text accesible to both casual lay readers and professionals, it addresses heart health, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, alcohol use, infant mortality, environmental racism, reproductive health, life expectancy, and much more. It also goes beyond traditional areas to include the most recent research in both allopathic and alternative medicines, making this resource valuable for students and researchers in cross-disciplines and in both the hard and soft sciences. As a comprehensive survey of black health issues, this work is likely to become the indispensable standard. Strongly recommended for consumer health, academic, and larger public libraries.
—Library Journal September 1, 2004
[T]his two-volume work updates an important resource on disparities in the US health care system for citizens whose skin color is black (or other than white). These disparities have existed for decades, mostly ignored by providers of care and those in administrative positions in federal and local health departments. In 20 new chapters and updates of 27 previous chapters, this work addresses every aspect of limited and unequal health care for black Americans, including environment, the consequences of lack of care, and, most importantly, ways to change public and personal attitudes toward those born with a skin color other than white....Livingston (Harvard) and his contributors write with authority based on past and current experience, and from a comprehensive knowledge of the health care system. Recommended. All levels.
—Choice January 2005
This excellent handbook encompasses in-depth disease and wellness in the community, with one chapter on HIV/AIDS and several others on healthcare disparity. A good choice for academic libraries.
—Library Journal Collection Development African Americans & Aids January 2007
This substantial compilation of articles provides a comprehensive look at societal issues contributing to the disparate proportion of health problems in black Americans.
—Multicultural Review Spring 2005
This book provides a multidisciplinary focus that is helpful to understand and ultimately resolve the many factors that contribute to the large disparities in health status between African Americans and whites. It is written clearly in language accessible to both health care professionals and lay readers. It addresses many issues and includes more than 200 tables and figures with a multitude of information on all of the subjects it deals with. It is a comprehensive survey of health issues among African Americans and is likely to be very useful for consumer health activists as well as academics and health policymakers.
—Journal of the American Medical Association February 16, 2005

Endorsement From Georges C. Benjamin M.D.,
Executive Director,
American Public Health Association: No other single source so comprehensively reviews the evidence of disparities in health status and access to care among African Americans. This handbook is invaluable not only to understanding the challenges we face in eliminating disparities, but to identifying successful interventions and long-term solutions.
Endorsement From George A. O. Alleyne,
Director Emeritus,
Pan American Health Organization: This is an extremely well-written work that documents the black/white disparities over an impressive range of health areas. This is a book about African Americans, but its readership should include all Americans and many outside of America who care about health equity and social justice. The disparities shown, their causes, social consequences and possible means of prevention must be matters of universal concern. The overriding impression is that the disadvantages in health of black Americans do lie predominantly in the consequences of the color of their skins which sets them apart and less in the content of their character. I recommend it highly.
Endorsement From Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D.,
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oncology, Plastic Surgery, and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions: In this book, Dr. Livingston has provided a most comprehensive analysis of factors contributing to the significant disparities in healthcare received by African Americans and the population at-large of the United States. This information will be a valuable resource for professionals and lay people alike as we attempt to rectify this unfortunate situation.
Endorsement From Randall W. Maxey, MD, Ph.D.,
President, NMA: ...Understanding many of the fundamental underpinnings that contribute to disparities in health outcomes among African Americans will be invaluable for improving the health of all Americans. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the health of Black Americans or interested in understanding why many of the disparities in health outcomes exist in our country today. I fully endorse this publication with my highest recommendation.
Endorsement From Harry E. Douglas, III, DPA,
Interim President
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science: ...[A] most revealing and engaging assessment of current issues confronting America. An essential reference for current and future health professionals in viewing this major global social phenomenon...

Description: 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.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Dr. David Satcher
Part I: Cardiovascular and Related Chronic Conditions
Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases: An Overview of Evolving Disparities by Richard F. Gillum
The Social Epidemiology Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans by Ivor Lensworth Livingston, J. Jacques Carter, Troye McCarthy, and Shaffiran Livingston
Cerebrovascular Disease in Black Americans: Disparities in Burden and Care by Gary H. Friday and Edgar J. Kenton III
Hypertension: A Community Perspective by Keith Norris and David Martins
End-Stage Renal Disease by Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa
Diabetes-Related Risk Among African Americans by Eugene S. Tull and Earle C. Chambers
Part II: General Chronic Conditions
Cancer Status in Black Americans by Ki Moon Bang
The Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma in Black Americans by Ki Moon Bang
Sickle Cell Disease: Biosocial Aspects by Joseph Telfair
Ophthalmic Disease in Blacks: Implications of Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health in the Public Health Context by Shaffdeen A. Amuwo, Maurice Rabb, and Robert G. Fabian
Immunological Disorders by Marguerite Neita and Lateef A. Olopoenia
Oral Health Status and Disparities in Black Americans by Yolanda A. Slaughter and Joan L. Gluch
Communication Disorders and African Americans by Joan C. Payne and Carolyn A. Stroman
Part III: Lifestyle, Social, and Mental Outcomes
The Life Expectancy of the Black Male: Pressing Issues from the Cradle to the Grave by Donald R. Ware and Ivor L. Livingston
HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases by John I. McNeil and Kim M. Williams
Infectious Diseases Among African Americans by Marian Mc Donald, Kristi R. Fultz-Butts, Harold Margolis, Robert W. Pinner, Maria Cristina Rangel, Kakoli Roy, Jay K. Varna, Cynthia G. Whitney and Mitchell L. Cohen
Forms of Violence and Violence Prevention by LeRoy E. Reese, Alexander E. Crosby, La Mar Hasbrouck, and Leigh A. Willis
Unintentional Injuries: The Burden, Risks, and Preventative Stategies to Address Diversity by Christine M. Branche, Ann M. Dellinger, David A Sleet, Julie Gilchrist and Sarah J. Olson
The Illicit Drug Use and Adverse Consequences: Impact on Black Americans by Howard D. Chilcoat and James C. Anthony
African Americans and Alcohol Use: Implications for Intervention and Prevention by Frederick D. Harper, Teresa Grant, and Kimberly N. Mongomery
Disparate African American and White Infant Mortality Rates in the United States by Jane A. Otado, Chinua Akukwe, and James W. Collins
The Mental Health of African Americans by Colwick M. Wilson and David R. Williams
Vulnerability of African Americans to Adverse Health: The Importance of Social Status and Stress by Ivor Lensworth Livingston, Robert M. Brown III and Shaffiran Livingston
Nutrition Concerns of Black Americans by Deborah Blocker and Ivis Forrester-Anderson
Physical Activity in Black America by Carlos J. Crespo and Ross E. Andersen
Reproductive Health Disparities among African American Women by Diane C. Rowley and Yvonne W. Fry
Part IV: Socio-Political, Environmental, and Structural Challenges
The Role of the Family in African American Health by Hector F. Myers, Angela T. Echiverri, and Brandi N. Odom
Disparities in Medication Use, Action, and Prescribing for African Americans by Akima R. Howard, Carolyn Ford, and Hugh M. McLean
24-7 On the Front Line: African Americans and the Emergency Department Experience by Reynold Lewis Trowers
Homelessness and Health Problems Among African Americans by Richard Niyel English and Fariyal Ross-Sheriff and Altaf Husain
African Americans, Spirituality, and Health: The Impact on Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors by Martha R. Crowther, B. Lee Green, and Tonya D. Armstrong
Health, Disparity, and the Older Population: Greater Disparity Between Black and White, or Within White? by Ron Carmichael Manuel and Jacqueline M. Smith
Rural Health of Black America: A Complex Frontier by Cptn. Mark Eberhardt
School Reform Meets Prevention Science: Toward Ensuring More Hopeful Futures for African American Children by Wade Boykin and Robert J. Jagers
Complementary and Alternative Health Practices in the Black Community: Existing and Emerging Trends by Eric J. Bailey and Jacqueline A. Watson
Behind Bars: An Example of Race and Health Disparities in Prison by Vernetta Young, Rebecca Reviere, and Yaw Ackah
Environmental Racism: Its Causes and Solutions by Sheila Foster
Outreach to African American Communities: From Theory to Practice by Brian K. Gibbs and Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Part V: Ethics, R

LC Card Number: 2003069010

LCC Class: RA448

Dewey Class: 362


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