Health and health care concerns among women and racial and ethnic minorities / edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Sociology Program, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kronenfeld, Jennie J., editor.

Series:

Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 35.

Research in the sociology of health care ; volume 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Health and hygiene.

Minorities.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This volume covers macro- and micro-level issues involving health and health care concerns for women, and racial and ethnic minorities. The book includes an examination of health and health care issues of patients/providers of care especially those related to concerns for women and for racial and ethnic minorities in different countries.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

Front Cover

Health and Health Care Concerns Among Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

About the Authors

Part I: Introduction to Volume

Health, Health Care, and Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Women, Gender, and Health and Health Care

Race and Ethnicity

Review of Contents of the Volume

References

Part II: Women and Reproductive Related Health and Health Care Concerns

The Relationship of Pregnancy Intentions to Breastfeeding Duration: A New Evaluation

Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Duration

The Role of Planning

Data and Methods

Outcome, Predictor, and Control Variables

Analytic Strategy

Findings

Any Breastfeeding

Exclusive Breastfeeding

Control Variables

Conclusion

Taking Insurance in Abortion Care: Policy, Practices, and the Role of Poverty

Introduction

Methods

Sample Characteristics

Analysis

Results

Identifying Insurers

The Costs of Accepting Public Insurance

The Costs of Accepting Private Insurance

Discussion

Acknowledgments

The Patient-Healthcare Worker Relationship: How Does It Affect Patient Views towards Vaccination during Pregnancy?

Fieldwork and Interpretive Approach

Impact of Social Influences on Vaccination Decisions

Understanding the Importance of Trust in the Government, the NHS and the Healthcare Worker

Empowerment

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

An Examination of State-Level Mandates for Insurance Coverage on Health-Seeking Behaviors for Infertility

Behavioral Model of Health Service Utilization

State-Level Insurance Mandates

Infertility

Hypothesis

Data and Methodology

References.

Part III: Health Care Practitioners and Health and Health Care

Bearing the Burden of Care: Emotional Burnout among Maternity Support Workers

MSWs

Emotional Burnout and Maternity Support Work

Burnout: Mitigating and Aggravating Factors

Work-Family Conflict

Overwork

Emotional Intelligence

Positive and Negative Birth Experiences

Views of Common Medical Procedures

Unethical Mistreatment

Cesarean Sections

Hospital Wellness Programs

Hypotheses

Dependent Variable

Independent Variables

Limitations and Future Research

Appendix

"Lost in Translation": How Clinicians Make Sense of Structural Barriers to Diabetes Care among US Latinos with Limited English Proficiency

Sample Description

Research Approach and Design, Data Collection, and Data Analysis

Barriers to Care and the Limits of Medical Discourse

Practice and Policy Implications and Recommendations

Racial Residential Segregation and the Distribution of Auxiliary Health Care Practitioners Across Urban Space

Literature Review and Theoretical Framework

Segregation and Health-Related Organizations

Limitations of the Empirical Literature

Theories of Segregation and Urban Outcomes

Data

Dependent Variables

Discussion and Conclusions

Part IV: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Health and Health Care

Nativity, Race-Ethnicity, and Dual Diagnosis among US Adults

Background

Nativity, Immigrant Characteristics, and Substance Abuse

Nativity, Immigrant Characteristics, and Psychiatric Disorders.

Nativity, Immigrant Characteristics, and Dual Diagnoses

Correlates of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems

Measurement

Hypertension Experiences of Black Men: A Critical Narrative Study

Methodology

Design

Participants

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Individual Narratives

Participant 1: Joel

Participant 2: David

Participant 3: James

Participant 4: Michael

Cross-Narratives

Connections to Homeland: Negotiating Lifestyle Changes in Relation to Maintaining Cultural Identity

Racism: Stress and Its Enduring Effects

Perceptions of High Blood Pressure: Making Sense of the Diagnosis

Universal Health Care: Patient-Physician Relationships and Medication as the Primary Source of Control

Reluctance to Talk about Health: Constraints of Masculinity

Influence of Healthcare Utilization and Social Characteristics on Health Outcomes among Elderly Asian Americans: A Structural Equation Analysis

Patterns of Healthcare Utilization and Health Outcomes

Research Hypothesis

Population

Variables and Measurement

Data Analysis Procedures

Factor Loadings of the Latent Variables

SEM Models for US-Born and Foreign-Born Elderly Asian Americans

US-Born Elderly Asian Americans

Foreign-Born Elderly Asian Americans

US-Born Group versus Foreign-Born Group

Discussion and Conclusion

Study Strengths and Limitations

Behavioral Functioning among Mexican-Origin Children: The Roles of Parental Legal Status and the Neighborhood Context

Background.

Parental Legal Status and Behavior Problems

Neighborhood Contexts and Behavior Problems

Measures

Behavioral Functioning

Parental Legal Status

Other Child and Family Characteristics

Neighborhood Structural Characteristics

Neighborhood Social Characteristic

Descriptive Statistics

Hierarchical Linear Model Results

Do You Want to See a Doctor for That? Contextualizing Racial and Ethnic Differences in Care-Seeking

Race and Ethnic Differences in Care Seeking

The Behavioral Model

Demographic Characteristics

Health Need Characteristics

Predisposing Characteristics

Social Factors

Enabling Characteristics

The Current Study

Analytic Plan

Multivariate Analyses

Changing Patterns of Female Smoking: A Comparison of Workers and Full-Time Homemakers by Class, Race, and Community Type

Female Smoking: The Workplace Versus the Home

Variables

Statistical Models

About the Editor

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 22, 2017).

ISBN:

9781787431782

1787431789