Black Health in the South /

"A collection of important essays on the health and well-being of African Americans in the southern United States.For African Americans in the southern United States, the social determinants of health are influenced by a unique history that encompasses hundreds of years of slavery, injustices d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Akintobi, Tabia Henry, 1976- (Editor ), Williams, Lovoria B., 1963- (Editor ), Coughlin, Steven S. (Steven Scott), 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Community Health Services.
Social Determinants of Health.
African Americans.
Health Inequities.
Health and race > Southern States.
Equality > Health aspects > Southern States.
African Americans > Health and hygiene > Southern States.
Southeastern United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Contributors
  • Preface
  • PART I: FOUNDATION
  • 1. Overview of the Health of African Americans in the Southern United States, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, and Tabia Henry Akintobi
  • 2. Racism and Health: Implications for Health Disparities among African Americans, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, Ryan A. Harris, and Gaston Kapuku
  • 3. Access to Quality, Culturally Appropriate Heathcare, by Brittney T. Anderson
  • PART II: METHODS
  • 4. Health Intervention Studies as an Important Tool to Address the Health of African Americans, by Casey L. Daniel and Yendelela L. Cuffee
  • 5. Faith-based Interventions to Address the Health of African Americans, by Charlton Coles and Veronica Parker
  • 6. The Role of Clinical/Community Based Research Networks in Addressing Health Disparities, by Lufei Young
  • PART III: HEALTH DISPARITIES
  • 7. Hypertension among African Americans, by Georgiana Logan
  • 8. Myocardial Infarction among African Americans in the Southern United States, by Anna Kucharska-Newton
  • 9. Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Kidney Disease among African Americans, by Jasmine T. Washington, Rachel B. Fissell, Kerri L. Cavanaugh, and Ebele M. Umeukeje
  • 10. Diabetes in African Americans, by Marianna K. Wilson, Aundrea E. Loftley, Kelly J. Hunt, Carolyn Jenkins, and Kathie L. Hermayer
  • 11. Stroke in African Americans from the Southern United States, by Carolyn Jenkins, Daniel Lackland, and Bruce Oubiagele
  • 12. Disparities in Interpersonal Violence among African Americans, by Camille Burnett
  • 13. Mental Health Disparities among African Americans, by Danielle L. McDuffe and Martha R. Crowther
  • 14. Prostate Cancer among African American Men, by Folakemi T. Odedina, Clayton Yates, and Ernest Kaninjing
  • 15. Colorectal Cancer among African Americans in the Southern United States, by Siddhartha Roy, Stacy N. Davis, John S. Luque, and Clement K. Gwede
  • 16. Lung Cancer among African Americans, by Steven S. Coughlin
  • 17. Sexual and Reproductive Health among African Americans in the Southern United States, by Lucy A. Ingram, Faith E. Fletcher, Tiffany Byrd, and Antonika Kadiri
  • 18. Infant Mortality among African Americans in the Southern United States, by Paul C. Mann
  • 19. Maternal Mortality among African American Women, by Marlo Vernon, Colleen Walters, Samantha Sojourner, and Candace Best
  • PART IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
  • 20. Ameliorating Health Inequities among African Americans in the Southern United States, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, and Tabia Henry Akintobi
  • Index.

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