Mapping "Race" : Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research /

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The essays in this unique book argue for the inclusion of race as a social construction in the design of large-scale data collection efforts and how scientists must utilize race in the context of specific research questions. This landmark collection concludes on a prescriptive note, providing an ars...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: López, Nancy, 1969-, Gómez, Laura E., 1964-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social medicine.
Medicine > Research > Social aspects.
Health > Social aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Health and race.
Race.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Sante > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sante et race > États-Unis.
Services de sante > Accessibilite > États-Unis.
Medecine > Recherche > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Racial Groups
Health Status Disparities
Social medicine > United States.
Health > Social aspects > United States.
Health and race > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Medicine > Research > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The essays in this unique book argue for the inclusion of race as a social construction in the design of large-scale data collection efforts and how scientists must utilize race in the context of specific research questions. This landmark collection concludes on a prescriptive note, providing an arsenal of multidisciplinary, conceptual, and methodological tools for studying race specifically within the context of health inequalities.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (246 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813561363

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