Health issues in the Black community Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, editors ; foreword by Louis W. Sullivan

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Sandra E., 1955-

Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-

Series:

Jossey-Bass health series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Health and hygiene.

African Americans.

Black People--United States.

Health Promotion--United States.

Health Status.

Social Problems--United States.

Medical Subjects:

Black People--United States.

Health Promotion--United States.

Health Status.

Social Problems--United States.

Physical Description:

xxix, 371 p. ; 26 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1992.

Contents:

(cont) Sickle cell anemia and African Americans / Charles F. Whitten

Adolescent pregnancy in the African-American community / Joyce A. Ladner, Ruby Morton Gourdine

Elderly issues in the African-American community / Mary S. Harper

Health education and Black health status / Rueben C. Warren

Indigenous community health workers in the 1960s and beyond / Doris Y. Wilkinson

Health promotion and disease prevention strategies for African Americans: a conceptual model / Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

Effective intervention strategies for producing Black health care providers / Moses K. Woode, Kathleen Bodisch Lynch

Reproductive rights and the challenge for African Americans / Faye Wattleton

Health policies and the Black community / Bailus Walker, Jr.

Coalition partnerships for health promotion and empowerment / Ronald L. Braithwaite

Health of the Black community in the twenty-first century: a futuristic perspective / Stephen B. Thomas.

African-American health: an introduction / Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor

Demographic profile of African Americans / Christiane B. Hale

Mental health status of Black Americans: an overview / Sandra E. Taylor

Health status of Black women / Byllye Y. Avery

AIDS/HIV epidemics in the Black community / Bill Jenkins

Prevention, intervention, and treatment of chemical dependency in the Black community / Donnie W. Watson

Alcoholism and the African-American community / Creigs C. Beverly

Heart disease, stroke, and hypertension in Blacks / Carolyn J. Hildreth, Elijah Saunders

Cancer and Black Americans / Claudia R. Baquet, Tyson Gibbs

Diabetes and the Black community / Frederick G. Murphy, M. Joycelyn Elders

Homicide and violence: contemporary health problems for America's Black community / Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard Spivak

Homeless women with children / Aisha Gilliam

"Too soon, too small, too sick": Black infant mortality / Virginia Davis Floyd

Lead poisoning: a modern plague among African-American children / Wornie L. Reed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

1555424775 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

25967214