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Health Issues in the Black Community, 2nd Edition
Edited by Ronald L. Braithwaite,
Emory Univ., Atlanta, Georgia
Edited by Sandra E. Taylor,
Clark Atlanta Univ., Atlanta, Georgia
ISBN: 978-0-7879-5236-5
©2001
648 pages
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Table of Contents
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Foreword: Another Call to Action Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
HEALTH STATUS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN.
African American Health: An Overview (S. Taylor & R. Braithwaite).
The Health Status of Children and Adolescents (A. Cohall & H. Bannister).
The Health Status of Black Women (S. Taylor).
The Health Status of Black Men (R. Braithwaite).
Health and the Elderly (J. Jackson & S. Sellers).
SOCIAL, MENTAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
The Epidemiology of Mental Disorder: 1985-2000 (H. Neighbors & D. Williams).
The Role of Black Faith Communities in Fostering Health (A. Wimberly).
The Epidemic of Homicide and Violence (W. Hammond & D. Prothrow-Stith).
The Dilemma of Organ and Tissue Transplantation (C. Callender & M. Hall).
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Hypertension and Other Risk Factors for Stroke (J. Flack, et al.).
Cancer (L. Jones, et al.).
Diabetes (M. Elders & F. Murphy).
Sickle Cell Anemia (C. Whitten).
Tuberculosis (H. Ellis & R. Levine).
Pediatric Asthma in African American Children (J. Essien, et al.).
LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS.
HIV/AIDS (L. Jemmott, et al.).
Tobacco: From Slavery to Addiction (S. Headen & R. Robinson).
Substance Abuse (T. Strickland).
Alcohol Use and Misuse (F. Harper).
Nutrition (S. Kumanyika & A. Odoms).
Physical Activity (W. Taylor, et al.).
ETHICAL, POLITICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES.
The Quest for Environmental Justice (R. Bullard, et al.).
Research and Ethics: A Legacy of Distrust (G. Corbie-Smith & K. Arriola).
Health Policy Challenges (B. Walker).
Cultural Sensitivity in Public Health (K. Resnicow & R. Braithwaite).
Closing the Gap: Eliminating Health Disparities (S. Thomas & S. Quinn).
Afterword (J. Maupin).
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