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Mobilizing Black America: Solutions to Black Health Problems

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Mobilizing Black America: Solutions to Black Health Problems written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the pillars of our national security strategy is reconstitution. If the United States is to reconstitute its forces for a future conflict, it will be necessary to be able to mobilize all segments of the society. African Americans suffer from many serious physical and socioeconomic problems that could prevent the United States from achieving as much from them as from other segments of the population. Poor health is one of the major problems that could limit the contributions of blacks to any full-scale reconstitution effort. What can be done about it? What, if anything, ought to be the role of the Department of Defense in solving the problem? This paper examines some of the leading causes of deaths of African Americans in the United States. It also examines ways to prevent and control serious health and social problems. Chronic diseases and major social health problems have already deprived many African Americans of quality of life and longevity.

Mobilizing Black America

Author : Silas C. Smalls
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Mobilizing Black America written by Silas C. Smalls and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Health Issues in the Black Community

Author : Ronald L. Braithwaite
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470552662
Total Pages : 943 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Health Issues in the Black Community written by Ronald L. Braithwaite and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Issues in the Black Community THIRD EDITION "The outstanding editors and authors of Health Issues in the Black Community have placed in clear perspective the challenges and opportunities we face in working to achieve the goal of health equity in America." David Satcher, MD, PhD, 16th Surgeon General of the United States and director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine "Eliminating health disparities must be a central goal of any forward thinking national health policy. Health Issues in the Black Community makes a valuable contribution to a much-needed dialogue by focusing on the challenges of the black community." Marc Morial, Esq., president, National Urban League "Health Issues in the Black Community 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." Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "I recommend Health Issues in the Black Community 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." Elsie Scott, PhD, president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation "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." Cornel West, PhD, professor, Princeton University

Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Health Issues in the Black Community

Author : Ronald L. Braithwaite
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Health Issues in the Black Community written by Ronald L. Braithwaite and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2001-04-12 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vigorous action must be directed to prevent disease, promote overall health, and deliver appropriate care within the African American population. In this thoroughly updated and revised edition of Health Issues in the Black Community the authors offer an in-depth examination of the most pressing health problems confronting the black community. Written by a stellar panel of scholars and practitioners in the field, this valuable resource examines such topics as chronic illnesses, the effect of violence, and health policy. Health Issues in the Black Community also contains the most current thinking on relevant health, delivery, lifestyle, and policy issues.

Caring for Equality

Author : David McBride
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442260602
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Caring for Equality written by David McBride and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Americans today continue to suffer disproportionately from heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems. In Caring for Equality David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care—caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination—since the arrival of African slaves in America. Black American health progress resulted from the steady influence of what David McBride calls the health equality ideal: the principle that health of black Americans could and should be equal to that of whites and other Americans. Including a timeline, selected primary sources, and an extensive bibliographic essay, McBride’s book provides a superb starting point for students and readers who want to explore in greater depth this important and understudied topic in African American history.

The Black Experience

Author : Audreye E. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Black Experience written by Audreye E. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dying While Black

Author : Vernellia Randall
Publisher : Seven Principles Press
ISBN 13 : 0977916006
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Dying While Black written by Vernellia Randall and published by Seven Principles Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Randall, Blacks suffer from the generational effect of a slave health deficit that was not relieved during the reconstruction period (1865-1870), the Jim Crow Era (1870-1965), the Affirmative Action Era (1965-1980), or the Racial Entrenchment Era (1980 to present). Repairing the health of Blacks will require a multi-facet long term legal and financial commitment.

Praeger Handbook of Black American Health

Author : Ivor Lensworth Livingston
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Praeger Handbook of Black American Health written by Ivor Lensworth Livingston and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Health Care Issues in Black America

Author : Woodrow Jones
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Health Care Issues in Black America written by Woodrow Jones and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-03-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique contribution to the literature represents an important adjunct in developing comprehensive policies that will meet the health care needs of underserved communities in American society. The book is readable and contains useful documentation. Recommended as an important reference for all academic audiences interested in the politics and delivery of health care. Choice Editors Woodrow Jones, Jr., and Mitchell F. Rice present a thorough analysis of the problems of health and health care particular to black Americans. The contributors to this work analyze the factor of race as it influences the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care. They focus on barriers to health care encountered by blacks, and attempt to differentiate the problems of the black community from those of other disadvantaged groups. Using epidemiological data, the initial chapters evaluate the general health of the black population. In subsequent chapters, the contributors examine particular problems of groups within the black community, problems which are based both on behavior and environment. The work concludes by assessing the adequacy of governmental response to the problems identified.

Unequal Treatment

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030908265X
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.

Steadfast Democrats

Author : Ismail K. White
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691199515
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Steadfast Democrats written by Ismail K. White and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the last half century, there has been a marked increase in ideological conservatism among African Americans, with nearly 50% of black Americans describing themselves as conservative in the 2000s, as compared to 10% in the 1970s. Support for redistributive initiatives has likewise declined. And yet, even as black Americans shift rightward on ideological and issue positions, Democratic Party identification has stayed remarkable steady, holding at 80% to 90%. It is this puzzle that White and Laird look to address in this new book: Why has ideological change failed to push black Americans into the Republican party? Most explanations for homogeneity have focused on individual dispositions, including ideology and group identity. White and Laird acknowledge that these are important, but point out that such explanations fail to account for continued political unity even in the face of individual ideological change and of individual incentives to defect from this common group behavior. The authors offer instead, or in addition, a behavioral explanation, arguing that black Americans maintain political unity through the establishment and enforcement of well-defined group expectations of black political behavior through a process they term racialized social constraint. The authors explain how black political norms came about, and what these norms are, then show (with the help of survey data and lab-in-field experiments) how such norms are enforced, and where this enforcement happens (through a focus on black institutions). They conclude by exploring the implications of the theory for electoral strategy, as well as explaining how this framework can be used to understand other voter communities"--

Afro-Latin American Studies

Author : Alejandro de la Fuente
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316832325
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Afro-Latin American Studies written by Alejandro de la Fuente and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alejandro de la Fuente and George Reid Andrews offer the first systematic, book-length survey of humanities and social science scholarship on the exciting field of Afro-Latin American studies. Organized by topic, these essays synthesize and present the current state of knowledge on a broad variety of topics, including Afro-Latin American music, religions, literature, art history, political thought, social movements, legal history, environmental history, and ideologies of racial inclusion. This volume connects the region's long history of slavery to the major political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the last two centuries. Written by leading scholars in each of those topics, the volume provides an introduction to the field of Afro-Latin American studies that is not available from any other source and reflects the disciplinary and thematic richness of this emerging field.

Black Health Matters

Author : G. Strick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986372346
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book Black Health Matters written by G. Strick and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This investigative work uncovers the hidden systems which are responsible for the slow and silent deterioration of Black communities all across the country. These hidden systems account for thousands of unnecessary Black deaths, poor health outcomes, and financial despair. Unbeknownst to most of the American public, the deterioration of Black communities cost each American taxpayer, regardless of race, color or creed, thousands of dollars, annually. Data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), National Center for Health Statistics, American Medical Association (AMA) and numerous research reports, demonstrate how discrimination, neglect, and racial bias wreak havoc on the health of Blacks irrespective of social status. From Lebron James, to WIC, to cesarean section births, and to your local hospital; each cog in the wheel morphs into the systematic deterioration of Black communities. This is not just a "Black" issue. This is an "American" issue. Arm yourself with the truth. Protect yourself and your family from preventable death, preventable disease and financial hardship.

The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309679540
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the changing demographics of the nation and a growing appreciation for diversity and inclusion as drivers of excellence in science, engineering, and medicine, Black Americans are severely underrepresented in these fields. Racism and bias are significant reasons for this disparity, with detrimental implications on individuals, health care organizations, and the nation as a whole. The Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine was launched at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2019 to identify key levers, drivers, and disruptors in government, industry, health care, and higher education where actions can have the most impact on increasing the participation of Black men and Black women in science, medicine, and engineering. On April 16, 2020, the Roundtable convened a workshop to explore the context for their work; to surface key issues and questions that the Roundtable should address in its initial phase; and to reach key stakeholders and constituents. This proceedings provides a record of the workshop.

Black Health

Author : Keisha Shantel Ray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780197620304
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Black Health written by Keisha Shantel Ray and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Black Americans generally have worse health than White Americans, but there is nothing inferior about their bodies. Why is this? Relying on research that shows Black people do not have worse healthy simply because of their race, bioethicist Keisha Ray examines how Black people's lives intersect with anti-Black racism in American social institutions, like health care, law, the environment, and housing"--Page 4 of cover.

Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030918570X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities, was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined (1) the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, (2) the reasons for those differences, and (3) the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.