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Health Issues in the Black Community, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-7879-5236-5
Hardcover
648 pages
April 2001, Jossey-Bass
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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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