Social sources of disparities in health and health care and linkages to policy, population concerns, and providers of care / edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Kronenfeld, Jennie J.

Series:

• Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 27.
• Research in the sociology of health care, 0275-4959 ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Health services accessibility.
• Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Volume 27, Research in the Sociology of Health Care" deals with Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care. The first section, Disparities in Health and Health Care: Basic Perspectives, reviews basic material on the topic. The second section on Racial and Ethnic Factors in Disparities in Health and Health Care Utilization includes five articles, three focused on racial and ethnic factors in disparities and two on those factors and other social factors such as SES. The next section focuses on Income, SES, and Cultural Capital in Disparities in Health and Health Care Delivery and includes an article that focuses on the role of education, one on the impact of childhood poverty on later life health and one on the role of cultural capital in health outcomes. The fourth section includes two papers on Providers, Facilities and Health Disparities. The last section, Part 5, deals with Locally Oriented Studies in Health Disparities and includes three papers looking at community approaches for eliminating health disparities, the effects of household assets upon rural residents' self-reported physical and emotional well-being and disparities in health care among Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina.

Contents:

• Front cover; Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care and Linkages to Policy, Population Concerns and Providers of Care; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Section I: Disparities in Health and Health Care Basic Perspectives; Chapter 1. Social sources of disparities in health and health care: An introduction to the volume; Disparities in health and health care; Social sources of disparity and socioeconomic status; The federal government, newer research and health and health care disparities; Review of organization of the book; References
• Section II: Racial and Ethnic Factors in Disparities in Health and Health Care UtilizationChapter 2. Different measures, different mechanisms: A new perspective on racial disparities in health care; Why different measures suggest different mechanisms; The case of health screenings; Data and methods; Which black women are more likely to be screened?; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. How do American black, white, hispanic, and Asian health care users perceive their medical non-adherence?; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgment; References
• Chapter 4. Disparities in primary care by race and ethnicity among medicaid children in CaliforniaIntroduction; Data and methods; Results; Discussion and conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5. Social sources of disparities in use of complementary and alternative medicine; Basic underlying principles of CAM as linked to its history; Types of CAM and ways to categorize CAM; Use of CAM; Integration of CAM and conventional care; Future CAM research: Beyond social differences in use; References; Chapter 6. Racial and socioeconomic disparities in use of long-lasting contraception
• IntroductionData and methods; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Section III: Income, Ses, and Cultural Capital in Disparities in Health and Health Care Delivery; Chapter 7. Critical review of the evidence for the connection between education and health: A guide for exploration of the causal pathways; Introduction; Socioeconomic position and health; Proposed pathways linking education and health; Biologic mechanisms; Discussion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 8. The influence of childhood poverty on the self-management of heart disease in later life
• IntroductionChildhood disadvantage and the influence on health; Theoretical perspective: Cumulative advantage/disadvantage; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9. The role of cultural capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and health outcomes: the case of hemodialysis patient compliance; The role of cultural capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and health outcomes: The case of hemodialysis; Factors related to patient compliance with hemodialysis; Theoretical framework; Data and methods; Measures; Results; Discussion
• Conclusions

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9786613682277
• 9781280771507
• 128077150X
• 9781848558359
• 184855835X

OCLC:

528880204