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Inequalities and African-American health : how racial disparities create sickness / Shirley A. Hill.
Author
Hill, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1947-
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016.
Description
v, 194 pages ; 24 cm
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Available Online
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RA448.5.N4 H55 2016
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African Americans
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Health and hygiene
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African Americans
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Medical care
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Health services accessibility
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United States
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Discrimination in medical care
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United States
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Health and race
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African Americans
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Summary note
"This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most research has focused on single factors that produce and perpetuate those disparities, such as individual health behaviors and access to medical care. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, starting with an examination of how race has been historically constructed in the US and in the medical system and the resilience of racial ideologies and practices. Racial disparities in health reflect racial inequalities in living conditions, incarceration rates, family systems, and opportunities. These racial disparities often cut across social class boundaries and have gender-specific consequences. Bringing together data from existing quantitative and qualitative research with new archival and interview data, this book advances research in the fields of families, race-ethnicity, and medical sociology."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Part One. Theorizing social inequalities in health. Race, racism, and health outcomes
Sickness in slavery and freedom
Part Two. Health and medicine. Health behaviors in social context
Medical care and health policy
Part Three. Health and families. Economic decline and incarceration
Love, sexuality, and (non)marriage
Children's health
Conclusion.
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Inequality and African-American health
ISBN
9781447322825 ((paperback))
1447322827 ((paperback))
9781447322818 ((hardcover))
1447322819 ((hardcover))
OCLC
961936952
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99970042671
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