Inequalities and African-American health : how racial disparities create sickness / Shirley A. Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in medical care--United States.

Discrimination in medical care.

African Americans--Health and hygiene.

African Americans--Medical care.

United States.

Minorities--Medical care--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Medical care.

African Americans--Medical care--United States.

African Americans.

African Americans--Health and hygiene--United States.

Health services accessibility--United States.

Health services accessibility.

Health and race.

Delivery of Health Care.

Racism.

Medical Subjects:

Delivery of Health Care.

Racism.

United States.

Physical Description:

v, 194 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Inequality and African-American health

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most research has focused on single factors that produce and perpetuate those disparities, such as individual health behaviors and access to medical care."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Part 1 Theorizing social inequalities in health 11

1 Race, racism, and health outcomes 15

2 Sickness in slavery and freedom 29

Part 2 Health and medicine 51

3 Health behaviors in social context 57

4 Medical care and health policy 79

Part 3 Health and families 97

5 Economic decline and incarceration 103

6 Love, sexuality, and (non)marriage 119

7 Children's health 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.

ISBN:

9781447322825

1447322827

OCLC:

944087428

Publisher Number:

99970042671