Social sources of disparities in health and health care and linkages to policy, population concerns, and providers of care /

"Volume 27, Research in the Sociology of Health Care" deals with Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care. The first section, Disparities in Health and Health Care: Basic Perspectives, reviews basic material on the topic. The second section on Racial and Ethnic Factors in Di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 27.
Temas:
Health services accessibility.
Medical policy.
Cross-cultural studies.
Health Services Accessibility
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Health Policy
Healthcare Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Politique sanitaire.
Études transculturelles.
Health systems & services.
Medical > Health Care Delivery.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
Health and Fitness.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Volume 27, Research in the Sociology of Health Care" deals with Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care. The first section, Disparities in Health and Health Care: Basic Perspectives, reviews basic material on the topic. The second section on Racial and Ethnic Factors in Disparities in Health and Health Care Utilization includes five articles, three focused on racial and ethnic factors in disparities and two on those factors and other social factors such as SES. The next section focuses on Income, SES, and Cultural Capital in Disparities in Health and Health Care Delivery and includes an article that focuses on the role of education, one on the impact of childhood poverty on later life health and one on the role of cultural capital in health outcomes. The fourth section includes two papers on Providers, Facilities and Health Disparities. The last section, Part 5, deals with Locally Oriented Studies in Health Disparities and includes three papers looking at community approaches for eliminating health disparities, the effects of household assets upon rural residents' self-reported physical and emotional well-being and disparities in health care among Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 319 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781848558359
184855835X
ISSN:0275-4959 ;

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