Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader
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Despite the great strides that have been made in the health status of Americans in the twentieth century, the health profile of the country's racial and ethnic groups lags behind. Soon our nation with be a majority of minorities. How will we respond to these lingering health disparities? A monumental compendium on one of the most crucial topics confronting those in public health and health policy, Race, Ethnicity, and Health brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field. This original and much-needed resource will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers alike. The book provides a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race.
SourcesThe AuthorsThe EditorAcknowledgmentsTables and Figures1Introduction: Why We Should Study Race, Ethnicity, and Health1Pt. 1Background: Historical and Political Considerations92Shades of Difference: Theoretical Underpinnings of the Medical Controversy on Black-White Differences in the United States, 1830-1870113Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care344Latino Outlook: Good Health, Uncertain Prognosis475Segregation, Poverty, and Empowerment: Health Consequences for African Americans76Pt. 2Conceptual Issues in the Study of Race and Ethnicity976A Note on the Biological Concept of Race and Its Application in Epidemiologic Research997Beyond Dummy Variables and Sample Selection: What Health Services Researchers Ought to Know About Race as a Variable1158The Bell Curve: On Race, Social Class, and Epidemiologic Research1299Latino Terminology: Conceptual Bases for Standardized Terminology141Pt. 3Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care16110Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care16311Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured: Findings from a National Sample198Pt. 4Why Disparities Exist21112Black-White Differences in the Relationship of Maternal Age to Birthweight: A Population-Based Test of the Weathering Hypothesis21313Immigration and the Health of Asian and Pacific Islander Adults in the United States23114Differing Birthweight Among Infants of U.S.-Born Blacks, African-Born Blacks, and U.S.-Born Whites25215Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Differences Between U.S.- and Foreign-Born Women in Major U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups26516Understanding the Hispanic Paradox28017Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale31118Racism as a Stressor for African Americans: A Biopsychosocial Model31919Is Skin Color a Marker for Racial Discrimination? Explaining the Skin Color-Hypertension Relationship34020John Henryism and the Health of African Americans35021Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health36922U.S. Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations39123The Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics to Birthweight Among Five Ethnic Groups in California43224Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with the Location of Food Stores and Food Service Places44825"We Don't Carry That": Failure of Pharmacies in Predominantly Nonwhite Neighborhoods of Stock Opioid Analgesics46326Solid Waste Sites and the Black Houston Community47227Health Risk and Inequitable Distribution of Liquor Stores in African American Neighborhoods48728Probing the Meaning of Racial/Ethnic Group Comparisons in Crack Cocaine Smoking494Pt. 5Provider Factors50529Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice50730The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization31Patient Race and Psychotropic Prescribing During Medical Encounters53132The Effect of Patient Race and Socioeconomic Status on Physicians' Perception of Patients547Pt. 6Patient Factors57533Do Patient Preferences Contribute to Racial Differences in Cardiovascular Procedure Use?57734Racial Differences in Attitudes Toward Professional Mental Health Care and in the Use of Services591Pt. 7Provider-Patient Interaction Factors60735Race, Gender, and Partnership in the Patient-Physician Relationship60936Patient-Physician Racial Concordance and the Perceived Quality and Use of Health Care62637Racial Differences in the Use of Cardiac Catheterization After Acute Myocardial Infarction644Name Index657Subject Index684
