Public health, social work and health inequalities / Bruce D. Friedman, PhD and Joav Merrick, MD, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Bruce D., editor.

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Series:

Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies (Series Editor: Joav Merrick, Medical Director, Healt

Public Health : Practices, Methods and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical social work.

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

Societal research has shown that there is a direct correlation between income disparities and health disparities. In other words: the poorer the population, the less healthy the population becomes. Over the last thirty years, there has been an increasing gap between the wealthy and poor in many industrialized societies. As a result, there has also been an increasing decline in the quality of health for these social orders. The Social Work and Health Inequalities Network (SWHIN) was created to combat the causes and consequences of socially unjust health disparities on an international basis. Th

Contents:

PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL WORKAND HEALTH INEQUALITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL WORKAND HEALTH INEQUALITIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 1:FUNDING AND THE BRAZILIANMENTAL HEALTH POLICY; INTRODUCTION; BRAZILIAN MENTAL HEALTH POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE FUNDS AFTER THE PACTFOR HEALTH IN 2007-2009; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2:A PROJECT TO REDUCE INEQUALITIESAND TUBERCULOSIS ALONG THE US-MEXICOBORDER; INTRODUCTION; A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE; EL PASO, TEXAS - CIUDAD JUAREZ BORDER METROPOLIS

THE CASE OF TUBERCULOSISNUESTRA CASA, PHASE 1: CROSS-BORDER COOPERATIONAND INNOVATION IN TB AWARENESS; PHASE 2: RETURNING NUESTRA CASA TO THE UNIVERSITY:THE INITIATIVE; THE LEGACY AND CONTINUING IMPACTS OF THE NCI; IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3:SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN AND OBESITY; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; STATEMENT OF PURPOSE; OUR STUDY; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: WELLNESS OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE YOUTH; INTRODUCTION; RESILIENCE AMONG AI/AN YOUTH; CULTURALLY SPECIFIC RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS

OUR STUDYRESULTS; SOCIETAL FACTORS; CULTURAL FACTORS; COMMUNITY FACTORS; FAMILIAL FACTORS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5:ASIAN AMERICAN AND HEALTH INEQUITIES; INTRODUCTION; ASIAN AMERICANS AND HEALTH; IMPEDIMENTS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION; CULTURE; LANGUAGE; DISCRIMINATION; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; Chapter 6:KEEP THEM SO YOU CAN TEACH THEM; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; OUR FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7:HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKERS:BANDAGE IT OR WRITE IT; INTRODUCTION; HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN TURKEY; HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION IN TURKEY

SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH CAREOUR STUDY; OUR FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8:SUBSTANCE USE, RELIGION AND MEXICANADOLESCENT INTENTIONS TO USE DRUGS; INTRODUCTION; CURRENT STUDY; OUR STUDY; OUR FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9:PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT CHILDHOODOBESITY AMONG ADULTS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10:PRIMARY CARE, EMERGENCY ROOM REFERRALS,HEALTH CARE USE AND COSTS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; OUR FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCESChapter 11:COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF ADVERSE CHILDHOODEXPERIENCES WITH ADULT HEALTH OUTCOMES; INTRODUCTION; THEORIZED PATHWAYS; OUR SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS; OUR MEASURES; OUR FINDINGS ON DISPROPORTIONALITY OF CHILDHOODADVERSITY EXPOSURES; CUMULATIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES; INTERACTIVE EFFECTS: ACES COMBINED WITH LESSER RESOURCES; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12:IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN ADVERSECHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND ADULT HEALTH?; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 13:WISDOM AND STORIES FROM ELDERS TO YOUTH

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-850-X