Ethnic factors in health and disease /

Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cruickshank, J. K. (John Kennedy), Beevers, D. G. (D. Gareth)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Boston : Wright, 1989.
Temas:
Minorities > Health and hygiene > Cross-cultural studies.
Minorities > Diseases > Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnic groups.
Disease > ethnology
Ethnicity.
Socioeconomic Factors
Minorit�es > Sant�e et hygi�ene > �Etudes transculturelles.
Minorit�es > Maladies > �Etudes transculturelles.
Groupes ethniques.
ethnic groups.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Minorities > Diseases.
Minorities > Health and hygiene.
Ethnische Gruppe
Gesundheit
Sozio�okonomisches System
Kulturvergleich
Man > Health > Ethnic factors
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease; Copyright Page; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Preface; Ethnicity rather than race; References; Contributors; Table of Contents; Section I: Background issues; Chapter 1. Migration, ethnicity, health and disease; Historical background and origins; Limited vital statistics; Ethnic diversity and appropriate terminology; References; Chapter 2. The changing nature of populations: the British example; Sex and age structure; Geographical dispersal of Britain's black immigrants (Table 2.3); Immigrants vs. ethnic minorities born in the UK; References.
  • Chapter 3. General approaches to migrant studies: the relation between disease, social class and ethnic originWhy study disease rates in migrants?; Influences on the disease rates of migrants; Age at migration and length of stay; Selection of migrants and the process of migration: the 'healthy migrant' effect; Social and cultural influences; Strategies to analyse genetic variation; Candidates for specific genetic mechanisms; Interactions; References; Chapter 5. Molecular markers of ethnic groups; Blood group and protein variants; Highly polymorphic antigenic variants; DNA markers.
  • Genetic disorders and molecular markersProspects; References; Section II: Epidemiology; Chapter 6. The health of migrants in England and Wales: causes of death; Methods; Mortality from 'all causes'; Specific diseases (Table 6.1); Pattern of mortaility in different immigrant groups; Various studies of immigrants from a common country of origin; References; Chapter 7. Epidemiological and clinical comparison of cardiovascular disease in blacks and whites in the USA; Introduction; Epidemiology; Specific studies: cohort studies; Angiographic studies; Conclusions; Risk factors; Lipids.
  • Diabetes mellitusSmoking; Obesity; ECG abnormalities; Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH); Serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK); Thrombogenesis; Surgical intervention; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. Blood pressure in urban and rural East Africa: the Kenyan Luo Migrant Study; Background; Pilot studies; Identification of a suitable low-blood pressure population; The Luo population in Nairobi; The longitudinal study; Results; Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Section III: Sociology; Chapter 9. Sociology of race and health; Racial inequalities in the risk of becoming ill.
  • Racial inequalities in social and material conditionsOccupational status; Unemployment; Housing; Household structure; Racism as a source of stress; Becoming ill and seeking help: responses to illness; Undocumented or unmeasurable morbidity; Recognizing illness; The consultation; 'Learning' to be a patient; The NHS
  • meeting whose needs?; What constitutes racial discrimination?; Racial equality: an item for the mainstream agenda; References; Section IV: Specific medical aspects; Chapter 10. Pregnancy; Conception; Complications of pregnancy; Physiological adaptation; Birthweight.

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