Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States
Thomas A. LaVeist
ISBN: 0-7879-6413-1
Hardcover
368 pages
April 2005, Jossey-Bass

Minority Populations and Health is a textbook that offers a complete foundation in the core issues and theoretical frameworks for the development of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related outcomes. This book covers U.S. health and social policy, the role of race and ethnicity in health research, social factors contributing to mortality, longevity and life expectancy, quantitative and demographic analysis and access, and utilization of health services.

Table of Contents.

Tables and Figures.

Preface.

About the Author.

1. Historical Aspects of Race/Ethnicity and Health.

PART ONE: CROSSCUTTING ISSUES.

2. Conceptual Issues in Race/Ethnicity and Health.

3. The Demography of American Racial/Ethnic Minorities.

PART TWO: MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH.

4. The Epidemiological Profile of Racial/Ethnic Minorities.

5. Mental Health with Duane Thomas, Ph.D.

6. Health Care Services Among Racial/Ethnic Groups.

PART THREE: ETIOLOGY OF RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH.

7. Theories of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health.

8. Socioeconomic Status and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health.

9. Behavior and Health.

PART FOUR: RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP–SPECIFIC HEALTH ISSUES.

10. African American Health Issues.

11. American Indian and Alaska Native Health Issues.

12. Asian and Pacific Islander Health Issues.

13. Hispanic/Latino Health Issues.

PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS.

14. Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care.

Appendix A: Case Studies.

Appendix B: Additional Readings.

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.