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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Health and hygiene—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]
• African Americans—Medical care—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]

Related name

• Livingston, Ivor Lensworth [Browse]

Notes

First ed. published under: Handbook of Black American health.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• v. 1. pt. 1. Cardiovascular and related chronic conditions
• Trends in cardiovascular diseases: an overview of evolving disparities / Richard F. Gillum
• The social epidemiology of coronary heart disease in African Americans / Ivor Lensworth Livingston [and others]
• Cerebrovascular disease in Black Americans: disparities in burden and care / Gary H. Friday and Edgar Jackson Kenton III
• Hypertension: a community perspective / Keith Norris and David Martins
• End-stage renal disease / Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa
• Diabetes-related disparities in African Americans / Eugene S. Tull and Earle C. Chambers
• pt. 2. General chronic conditions
• Cancer status in Black Americans / Ki Moon Bang
• The epidemiology chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in African Americans / Ki Moon Bang
• Sickle-cell disease: biosocial aspects / Joseph Telfair
• Ophthalmic disease in Blacks: prospects for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health in the public health context / Shaffdeen A. Amuwo, Maurice F. Rabb, and Robert G. Fabian
• Immunological disorders / Marguerite E. Neita and Lateef A. Olopoenia
• Oral health status and disparities in Black Americans / Yolanda Ann Slaughter and Joan L. Gluch
• Communication disorders and African Americans / Joan C. Payne and Carolyn A. Stroman.
• pt. 3. Lifestyle, social, and mental outcomes
• The life expectancy of the Black male: pressing issues from the cradle to the grave / Donald R. Ware and Ivor Lensworth Livingston
• HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases / John I. McNeil and Kim M. Williams
• Infectious diseases among African Americans / Marian McDonald [and others]
• Forms of violence and violence prevention / Le Roy E. Reece, [et al.]
• Unintentional injuries: the burden, risks, and preventive strategies to address diversity / Christine M. Branche, [et al.]
• Illicit drug use and adverse consequences: impact on Black Americans / Howard D. Chilcoat and James C. Anthony
• African Americans and alcohol use: implications for intervention and prevention / Frederick D. Harper, Teresa Grant, and Kimberly N. Montgomery
• Disparate African American and White infant mortality rates in the United States / Jane A. Otado, Chinua Akukwe, and James W. Collins Jr.
• Mental health of African Americans / Colwick M. Wilson and David R. Williams
• Vulnerability of African Americans to adverse health: the importance of social status and stress / Ivor Lensworth Livingston, Robert M. Brown III, and Shaffiran Livingston
• Nutrition concerns of Black Americans / Deborah Blocker and Ivis T. Forrester-Anderson
• Physical activity in Black America / Carlos J. Crespo and Ross E. Andersen
• Reproductive health disparities among African American women / Diane L. Rowley and Yvonne W. Fry.
• v. 2. pt. Sociopolitical, environmental, and structural challenges
• The role of the family in African American health / Hector F. Myers, Angela T. Echiverri, and Brandi N. Odom
• Disparities in medication use, action, and prescribing for African Americans / Akima R. Howard, Carolyn Ford, and Hugh M. McLean
• 24-7 on the front line: African Americans and the emergency department experience / Reynold Lewis Trowers
• Homelessness and health problems among African Americans / Richard A. English, Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, and Altaf Husain
• African Americans, spirituality, and health: the impact on beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors / Martha R. Crowther, B. Lee Green, and Tonya D. Armstrong
• Health, disparity, and the older population: greater disparity between Black and White, or within Black? / Ron C. Manuel and Jacqueline Marie Smith
• Rural health of Black America: a complex frontier / Captain Mark S. Eberhardt
• School reform meets prevention science: toward ensuring more hopeful futures for African American children / A. Wade Boykin and Robert J. Jagers
• Complementary and alternative health practices in the Black community: existing and emergent trends / Eric J. Bailey and Jacqueline A. Watson
• Behind bars: an examination of race and health disparities in prison / Vernetta D. Young, Rebecca Reviere, and Yaw Ackah
• Environmental racism: its causes and solutions / Sheila A. Foster
• Outreach to African American communities: from theory to practice / Brian K. Gibbs and Deborah Prothrow-Stith.
• pt. 5. Ethics, research, technology, and social policy issues
• Health policy and the politics of health care for African Americans / Samuel L. Brown
• African Americans and access to health care: trends in the use of health services / Llewellyn J. Cornelius
• African Americans in the health-care workforce: underrepresentation and health disparities / Sterling King Jr. and Richard Jarvis Enochs
• Geographic information systems perspective on Black American health / Joseph R. Oppong and Sara M. Garcia
• The human genome: implications for the health of African Americans / Georgia M. Dunston and Charmaine D.M. Royal
• Ethnic disparities in transplantation: a strategic plan for their elimination / Clive O. Callender [and others]
• Transforming structural barriers to improve the health of African Americans / Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, J. DeWitt Webster, and Titilayo Oladosu
• Issues surrounding the involvement of African Americans in clinical trials and other research / Oscar E. Streeter Jr., [et al.]
• Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health: a framework for action / Ivor Lensworth Livingston and J. Jacques Carter.

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ISBN

0-313-32477-8

LCCN

2003069010

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