Books+ Search Results
Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life
Title
Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life [electronic resource] / 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.
ISBN
0309532000 (electronic bk.)
9780309532006 (electronic bk.)
0309092116 (pbk.)
9780309092111 (pbk.)
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 735 p.) : ill., maps.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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.].
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Ethnic Groups - Statistics.
Health Status - Statistics.
Health Behavior - ethnology - Statistics.
Socioeconomic Factors - Statistics.
Aged.
Also listed under
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Bookmark As
Citation
