Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life / Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Norman B.

Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-

Cohen, Barney, 1959-

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minority older people--Health and hygiene--United States.

Minority older people.

Older people--Health and hygiene--United States--Cross-cultural studies.

Older people.

Discrimination in medical care--United States.

Discrimination in medical care.

Health status indicators.

Physical Description:

xv, 735 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--or equally poor--health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.

Contents:

Racial and ethnic identification, official classifications, and health disparities / Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck

Racial and ethnic disparities in health and mortality among the U.S. elderly population / Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers

Ethnic differences in dementia and Alzheimer's disease / Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux

The life-course contribution to ethnic disparities in health / Clyde Hertzman

Selection processes in the study of racial and ethnic differentials in adult health and mortality / Alberto Palloni and Douglas Ewbank

Immigrant health: selectivity and acculturation / Guillermina Jasso ... [et al.]

Genetic factors in ethnic disparities in health / Richard S. Cooper

Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health / Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward and Teresa E. Seeman

The role of social and personal resources in ethnic disparities in late-life health / Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass

What makes a place healthy? neighborhood influences on racial/ethnic disparities in health over the life course / Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John W. Lynch

Racial/ethnic disparities in health behaviors: a challenge to current assumptions / Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin

Cumulative psychosocial risks and resilience: a conceptual perspective on ethnic health disparities in late life / Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang

Significance of perceived racism: toward understanding ethnic group disparities in health, the later years / Rodney Clark

A neurovisceral integration model of health disparities in aging / Julian F. Thayer and Bruce H. Friedman

Geography and racial health disparities / Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner

Behavioral health interventions: what works and why? / David M. Cutler

Ethnic disparities in aging health: what can we learn from the United Kingdom? / James Y. Nazroo

An exploratory investigation into racial disparities in the health of older South Africans / Debbie Bradshaw ... [et al.].

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612084072

9780309165709

0309165709

9781282084070

1282084070

9780309532006

0309532000

OCLC:

57743518