{"product_id":"health-issues-in-the-black-community-hardback-9780470436790","title":"Health Issues in the Black Community (Hardback) 9780470436790","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald L. Braithwaite (Edited by), RL Braithwaite (Author), Sandra E. Taylor (Edited by), Henrie M. Treadwell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470436790, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e656 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 18.3 x 3.9 cm, 1.211 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community \u003ci\u003eTHIRD EDITION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The outstanding editors and authors of \u003ci\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community\u003c\/i\u003e have placed in clear perspective the challenges and opportunities we face in working to achieve the goal of health equity in America.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—David Satcher, MD, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e 16th Surgeon General of the United States and director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Eliminating health disparities must be a central goal of any forward thinking national health policy. \u003ci\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community\u003c\/i\u003e makes a valuable contribution to a much-needed dialogue by focusing on the challenges of the black community.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Marc Morial, Esq.,\u003c\/b\u003e president, National Urban League  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates comprehensively the range of health conditions specifically affecting African Americans, and the health disparities both within the black community and between racial and ethnic groups. Each chapter, whether addressing the health of African Americans by age, gender, type of disease, condition or behavior, is well-detailed and tells an important story. Together, they offer practitioners, consumers, scholars, and policymakers a crucial roadmap to address and change the social determinants of health, reduce disparities, and create more equal treatment for all Americans.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA,\u003c\/b\u003e president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I recommend \u003ci\u003eHealth Issues in the Black Community\u003c\/i\u003e as a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of the African American community. Health disparities continues to be one of the major issues confronting the black community. This book will help to highlight the issues and keep attention focused on the work to be done.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e— Elsie Scott, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book is the definitive examination of health issues in black America—issues sadly overlooked and downplayed in our culture and society. I congratulate Drs. Braithwaite, Taylor, and Treadwell for their monumental book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Cornel West, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e professor, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword (Georges C. Benjamin).  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor Biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE Health status across the life span.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 African American Health: An Overview (Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, Henrie M. Treadwell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “Without Health and Long Life All Else Fails”: A History of African Americans and the Elimination of Racial Disparities in Health Care (Vanessa Northington Gamble).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Health Status of Children and Adolescents (Desirée A. H. Oliver, Gene H. Brody).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Health Status of Black Women (Sandra E. Taylor, Kisha Braithwaite Holden).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Health Status of Black Men (Jean J. E. Bonhomme, April M. W. Young).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Health and Black Older Adults: Insights from a Life Course Perspective (Sherrill L. Sellers, Ishtar O. Govia, James S. Jackson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO Social, mental, and environmental challenges.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Stigma and Mental Health in African Americans (L. DiAnne Bradford,Cassandra Newkirk, Kisha Braithwaite Holden).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Homicide and Violence Among African American Youth: From Epidemic to Endemic (Emilie Phillips Smith, Joseph Richardson, Rhonda BeLue?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Narrowing the Gap Between Supply and Demand of Organs for Transplantation: Current Issues for African Americans (Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Dana H. Z. Robinson, L. Ebony Boulware).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 African Americans on the Frontline of Environmental Assault (Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Angel O. Torres).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Impact of Incarceration on the Health of African Americans (Nicholas Freudenberg, Megha Ramaswamy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE Chronic diseases.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Hypertension in African American Communities (Sharon K. Davis, Rakale Collins Quarells, Gary H. Gibbons).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A General Overview of Cancer in the United States: Incidence and Mortality Burden Among African Americans (Shedra Amy Snipes, Donella J. Wilson, Angelina Esparza, Lovell A. Jones).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Health Disparities: The Case for Diabetes (Gregory Strayhorn).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (S. Sam Lim, Charmayne Dunlap-Thomas, Christina Drenkard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Oral Health (Rueben C. Warren, Allan Formicolatable, Caswell A. Evans).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR lifestyle behaviors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Substance Abuse in the African American Community (Jean J. E. Bonhomme, Ronald L. Braithwaite Melita Moore).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 HIV\/AIDS in the Black Community (Ivory A. Toldson, Aba D. Essuon, Kamilah M. Woodson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Tobacco Use and the Black Community in the United States: A Community-Focused Public Health Model for Eliminating Population Disparities (Robert G. Robinson, Rhonda Conerly Holliday).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Alcohol Use and Consequences for Blacks (Dionne C. Godette).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Nutrition and Obesity Issues for african Americans (Monica L. Baskin, Angela M. Odoms-Young, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Jamy D. Ard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Physical Activity (Antronette K. Yancey, Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, Mona Au Young).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE Alternative interventions and human resources development.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Chiropractic Medicine: Integral to Integrative Medicine (Malika B. Gooden, Elton D. Holden).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Role of Black Faith Communities in Fostering Health (Schnavia Smith Hatcher, Kimberly S. Clay, Jeronda T. Burley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Community Health Workers in the Black Community: Building Trust, Alleviating Pain, and Improving Health Access (Jacqueline Martinez, Laura Joslin Frye, Leda M. Perez).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART SIX Ethical, political, and ecological issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Using Social Marketing to Lessen Health Disparities (Mesha L. Ellis, James P. Griffin Jr., Ken Resnicow).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Fostering a Social Justice Approach to Health: Health Equity, Human Rights, and an Antiracism Agenda (Camara Phyllis Jones, Anthony Hatch, Adewale Troutman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Closing the Gap: Eliminating Health Disparities (Henrie M. Treadwell, Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword (Gail C. 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