Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 22: Eliminating Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States

by Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.

• ISBN13: 9780826141347
• ISBN10: 082614134X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780826198037
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780826141330
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC
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Summary

Now in its second decade of publication, this landmark series draws together and critically reviews all the existing research in specific areas of nursing practice, nursing care delivery, nursing education, and the professional aspects of nursing.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
1 Introduction: Eliminating Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States	1	(8)
ANTONIA M. VILLARRUEL
Part I: Factors Contributing to Health Disparities
2 Race and Racism in Nursing Research: Past, Present, and Future	9	(30)
CORNELIA P. PORTER AND EVELYN BARBEE
3 Structural and Racial Barriers to Health Care	39	(20)
LINDA BURNES BOLTON, JOYCE NEWMAN GIGER, AND C. ALICIA GEORGES
4 Language Barriers and Access to Care	59	(18)
SEONAE YEO
Part II: Special Populations
5 Health Disparities Among Men from Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations	77	(24)
CONSTANCE DALLAS AND LINDA BURTON
6 Immigration and Health	101	(34)
DEANNE K. HILFINGER MESSIAS AND MERCEDES RUBIO
7 Health Disparities Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders	135	(26)
M. CHRISTINA ESPERAT, JILLIAN INOUYE, ELIZABETH W. GONZALEZ, DONNA C. OWEN, AND DU FENG
8 African American and Asian American Elders: An Ethnogeriatric Perspective	161	(56)
MELEN R. MCBRIDE AND IRENE D. LEWIS
Part III: Special Conditions
9 Cancer in U.S. Ethnic and Racial Minority Populations	217	(48)
SANDRA MILLON UNDERWOOD, BARBARA POWE, MARY CANALES, CATHY D. MEADS, AND EUN-OK IM
10 Mental Health and Disabilities: What We Know About Racial and Ethnic Minority Children	265	(20)
MARY LOU DE LEON SIANTZ AND BETTE RUSK KELTNER
Part IV: Intervention Approaches for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations
11 Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: Implications for Reducing Health Disparities	285	(30)
ROXANNE STRUTHERS AND LEE ANNE NICHOLS
12 Community Partnerships: The Cornerstone of Community Health Research	315	(16)
CARMEN J. PORTILLO AND CATHERINE WATERS
Index	331	(10)
Contents of Previous 10 Volumes	341