Health Issues in the Black Community, 3rd Edition

by Editor: Ronald L. Braithwaite (Emory Univ., Atlanta, Georgia); Editor: Sandra E. Taylor; Editor: Henrie M. Treadwell

• ISBN13: 9780470552476
• ISBN10: 0470552476
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Health Issues in the Black Community Third Edition Ronald L. Braithwaite I Sandra E. Taylor I Henrie M. Treadwell Health Issues in the Black Community "The outstanding editors and authors of Health Issues in the Black Community have placed in clear perspective the challenges and opportunities we face in working to achieve the goal of health equity in America." - David Satcher, MD, PhD, 16th Surgeon General of the United States and director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine "Eliminating health disparities must be a central goal of any forward thinking national health policy. Health Issues in the Black Community makes a valuable contribution to a much-needed dialogue by focusing on the challenges of the black community." - Marc Morial, Esq., president, National Urban League "Health Issues in the Black Community illuminates comprehensively the range of health conditions specifically affecting African Americans, and the health disparities both within the black community and between racial and ethnic groups. Each chapter, whether addressing the health of African Americans by age, gender, type of disease, condition or behavior, is well-detailed and tells an important story. Together, they offer practitioners, consumers, scholars, and policymakers a crucial roadmap to address and change the social determinants of health, reduce disparities, and create more equal treatment for all Americans." - Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "I recommend Health Issues in the Black Community as a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of the African American community. Health disparities continues to be one of the major issues confronting the black community. This book will help to highlight the issues and keep attention focused on the work to be done." - Elsie Scott, PhD, president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation "This book is the definitive examination of health issues in black America-issues sadly overlooked and downplayed in our culture and society. I congratulate Drs. Braithwaite, Taylor, and Treadwell for their monumental book." - Cornel West, PhD, professor, Princeton University

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Editor Biographies

Author Biographies

Health status across the life span

African American Health: An Overview

"Without Health and Long Life All Else Fails": A History of African Americans and the Elimination of Racial Disparities in Health Care

The Health Status of Children and Adolescents

The Health Status of Black Women

The Health Status of Black Men

Health and Black Older Adults: Insights from a Life Course Perspective

Social, mental, and environmental challenges

Stigma and Mental Health in African Americans

Homicide and Violence Among African American Youth: From Epidemic to Endemic

Narrowing the Gap Between Supply and Demand of Organs for Transplantation: Current Issues for African Americans

African Americans on the Frontline of Environmental Assault

The Impact of Incarceration on the Health of African Americans

Chronic diseases

Hypertension in African American Communities

A General Overview of Cancer in the United States: Incidence and Mortality Burden Among African Americans

Health Disparities: The Case for Diabetes

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Oral Health

lifestyle behaviors

Substance Abuse in the African American Community

HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

Tobacco Use and the Black Community in the United States: A Community-Focused Public Health Model for Eliminating Population Disparities

Alcohol Use and Consequences for Blacks

Nutrition and Obesity Issues for african Americans

Physical Activity

Alternative interventions and human resources development

Chiropractic Medicine: Integral to Integrative Medicine

The Role of Black Faith Communities in Fostering Health

Community Health Workers in the Black Community: Building Trust, Alleviating Pain, and Improving Health Access

Ethical, political, and ecological issues

Using Social Marketing to Lessen Health Disparities

Fostering a Social Justice Approach to Health: Health Equity, Human Rights, and an Antiracism Agenda

Closing the Gap: Eliminating Health Disparities

Afterword

Index

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