Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. Factors contributing to health disparities. Race and racism in nursing research: past, present and future / Cornelia P. Porter and Evelyn Barbee
  • Structural and racial barriers to health care / Linda Burnes Bolton, Joyce Newman Giger, and C. Alicia Georges
  • Language barriers and access to care / SeonAe Yeo
  • pt. II. Special populations. Health disparities among men from racial and ethnic minority populations / Constance Dallas and Linda Burton
  • Immigration and health / DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias and Mercedes Rubio
  • Health disparities among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders / Christina Esperat, Jillian Inouye, Elizabeth W. Gonzalez, Donna C. Owen, and Du Feng
  • African American and Asian American elders: an ethnogeriatric perspective / Melen R. McBride and Irene D. Lewis
  • Part III. Special conditions. Cancer in U.S. ethnic and racial minority populations / Sandra Millon Underwood, Barbara Powe, Mary Canales, Cathy D. Meade, and Eun-Ok Im
  • Mental health and disabilities: what we know about racial and ethnic minority children / Mary Lou de Leon Siantz and Bette Rusk Keltner
  • Part IV. Intervention approaches for racial and ethnic minority populations. Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine among racial and ethnic minority populations: implications for reducing health disparities / Roxanne Struthers and Lee Anne Nichols
  • Community partnerships: the cornerstone of community health research / Carmen J. Portillo and Catherine Waters.