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

Ivor Lensworth Livingston, ed.

ISBN: 0-313-32477-8

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

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980 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/2004

List Price: $165.00 (UK Sterling Price: £113.95)

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Library Journal Best Reference Sources 2004

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

About the Author: IVOR LENSWORTH LIVINGSTON is a tenured, graduate Professor of Medical Sociology and Social Epidemiology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Adjunct Professor for the Department of Community Health and Family Practice of the School of Medicine at Howard University. He holds a Ph.D in Medical Sociology from Howard University, a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a Post Doctoral Certificate in Cardiovascular Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (now called the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).

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