Health Disparities: Epidemiology, Racial/ethnic and Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Strategies for Elimination
- ISBN-10
- 1626185700
- ISBN-13
- 9781626185708
- Category
- Discrimination in medical care
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Biomedical Books
- Authors
- Owen T. Jackson, Kathleen A. Evans
Description
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors and strategies for the elimination of health disparities. Topics discussed include the cessation and prevention of tobacco use for indigenous populations; understanding the true burden of cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native communities; understanding cardiovascular disparities between Maori and non-Maori indigenous populations in New Zealand; reducing health disparities of culturally-diverse minority populations through transcultural nursing in the home; childhood trauma and health disparities; dismantling racism to improve health equity; the impact of language barriers on healthcare utilization among Hispanic construction workers; and white and minority screenings in colorectal cancer prevention.
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