Poverty and place : cancer prevention among low-income women of color /

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This book examines ways in which cancer health disparities exist due to class and context inequalities. The volume demonstrates that poverty is a health issue because it erodes the social, political, and economic support systems that enhance well-being and healthy lifestyles necessary for human deve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wells, Anjanette (Autor), Thompson, Vetta L. Sanders (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Temas:
Cancer > United States > Epidemiology.
Poverty > Health aspects > United States.
Equality > Health aspects > United States.
Health and race > United States.
Social status > Health aspects > United States.
Cancer > États-Unis > Épidémiologie.
Santé et race > États-Unis.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Cancer > Epidemiology
Equality > Health aspects
Health and race
Poverty > Health aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: cancer in the face of race, poverty, and place: an introduction
  • Social determinants of health and their influence on health disparities in the St. Louis metropolitan area
  • Cancer disparities by site
  • Health behaviors, lifestyles, and prevention
  • From theories to practice, into feasible solutions
  • Conclusion: poverty and public health
  • References
  • About the authors.

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