Health Issues in the Black Community

by Braithwaite, Ronald L.; Taylor, Sandra E.; Treadwell, Henrie M.

• ISBN13: 9780470436790
• ISBN10: 0470436794
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-09
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written by a stellar panel of scholars and practitioners, Health Issues in the Black Community (third edition) provides the most complete coverage of the factors affecting the health status of African Americans. The need for this book is tremendous: in the seven years since the release of the second edition, the health status among African Americans has continued to be marginalized against national morbidity and mortality statistics.All existing chapters have been substantially updated, and this edition includes numerous new thematic chapters to capture the evolving dynamics of health disparities in the African American community. This volume will prove an invaluable resource to researchers, students, health planners, policy makers, practitioners, local health department personnel, and physicians.Part One: Health Status Across the Life SpanThe Health Status of Children and Adolescents; The Health Status of Black Women; The Health Status of Black Men; Health and the ElderlyPart Two: Social, Mental, and Environmental ChallengesMental Health; The Epidemic of Homicide and Violence; The Dilemma of Organ and Tissue Transplantation; The Quest for Environmental Justice; Social Marketing, Media & Health; Prison Health and ReEntryPart Three: Chronic DiseasesRacism and Metabolic Health; Hypertension, Heart Disease and Other Risk Factors for Stroke; Cancer; Diabetes; Sickle Cell AnemiaPart Four: Lifestyle BehaviorsSubstance Abuse; HIV/AIDS; Tobacco; Alcohol Use and Misuse; Nutrition and Obesity; Physical Activity; Oral HealthPart Five: Alternative Interventions and Human Resources Development Chiropractic Health Care; Comprehensive and Alternative Medicine; The Role of Black Faith Communities in Fostering Health; Indigenous Community Health Workers in the 1960's; Health Training PipelinePart Six: Ethical, Political, and Ecological IssuesResearch and Ethics: A Legacy of Distrust; Health Policy Challenges; Closing the Gap: Eliminating Health Disparities -- A Vision for Health Philanthropy

Author Biography

The Editors

Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, director of research in the Department of Family Medicine, and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta. He is the coeditor of Prisons and AIDS from Jossey-Bass.

Sandra E. Taylor, PhD, is a professor and chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta. Taylor and Braithwaite are coeditors of the first and second editions of Health Issues in the Black Community from Jossey-Bass.

Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Health and Preventive Medicine and director of Community Voices and the Men's and Reentry Health Initiative at the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta. Dr. Treadwell served for 16 years as program director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Editor Biographies	p. xvii
Author Biographies	p. xix
Health Status Across The Life Span	p. 1
African American Health: An Overview	p. 3
"Without Health and Long Life All Else Fails": A History of African Americans and The Elimination of Racial Disparities In Health Care	p. 21
The Health Status of Children and Adolescents	p. 35
The Health Status of Black Women	p. 55
The Health Status of Black Men	p. 73
Health and Black Older Adults: Insights From a Life-Course Perspective	p. 95
Social, Mental, and Environmental Challenges	p. 117
Stigma and Mental Health In African Americans	p. 119
Homicide and Violence Among African American Youth: From Epidemic To Endemic?	p. 133
Narrowing The Gap Between Supply and Demand of Organs For Transplantation: Current Issues For African Americans	p. 157
African Americans On The Front Line of Environmental Assault	p. 177
The Impact of Incarceration on The Health of African Americans	p. 209
Chronic Diseases	p. 231
Hypertension In African American Communities	p. 233
A General Overview of Cancer In The United States: Incidence and Mortality Burden Among African Americans	p. 259
Health Disparities: The Case for Diabetes	p. 279
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	p. 291
Oral Health	p. 313
Lifestyle Behaviors	p. 343
Substance Use Disorders In The African American Community	p. 345
HIV/AIDS In The Black Community	p. 363
Tobacco Use and The Black Community In The United States: A Community-Focused Public Health Model For Eliminating Population Disparities	p. 379
Alcohol Use and Consequences for Blacks	p. 417
Nutrition and Obesity Issues For African Americans	p. 431
Physical Activity	p. 461
Alternative Interventions and Human Resources Development	p. 489
Chiropractic Medicine: Integral To Integrative Medicine	p. 491
The role of Black Faith Communities In Fostering Health	p. 507
Community Health Workers In The Black Community: Building Trust, Alleviating Pain, and Improving Health Access	p. 523
Ethical, Political, and Ecological Issues	p. 533
Using Social Marketing to Lessen Health Disparities	p. 535
Fostering a Social Justice Approach to Health: Health Equity, Human Rights, and An Antiracism Agenda	p. 555
Closing The Gap: Eliminating Health Disparities	p. 581
Afterword	p. 597
Index	p. 603
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