Health care issues in Black America : policies, problems, and prospects
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Health care issues in Black America : policies, problems, and prospects
（Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 100）
Greenwood Press, 1987
- lib. bdg. : alk. pap
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Bibliography: p. [245]-247
Includes index
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Description
This unique contribution to the literature represents an important adjunct in developing comprehensive policies that will meet the health care needs of underserved communities in American society. The book is readable and contains useful documentation. Recommended as an important reference for all academic audiences interested in the politics and delivery of health care. Choice
Editors Woodrow Jones, Jr., and Mitchell F. Rice present a thorough analysis of the problems of health and health care particular to black Americans. The contributors to this work analyze the factor of race as it influences the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care. They focus on barriers to health care encountered by blacks, and attempt to differentiate the problems of the black community from those of other disadvantaged groups. Using epidemiological data, the initial chapters evaluate the general health of the black population. In subsequent chapters, the contributors examine particular problems of groups within the black community, problems which are based both on behavior and environment. The work concludes by assessing the adequacy of governmental response to the problems identified.
Table of Contents
Black Health Care and Health Status Black Health Care: An Overview by Woodrow Jones, Jr., and Mitchell F. Rice Racial Differences in Mortality: Blacks and Whites by Antonio A. Rene Risk Factors Associated with the Health Status of Black Women in the United States by Nancy R. Cope and Howard R. Hall Health Policy, Politics, and the Black Community Congress and Black Health: Dynamics and Strategies by K. Robert Keiser Health Policy Design: Implementation Politics of Child Health and Family Planning Programs by Malcolm L. Goggin Public Policy Compliance/Enforcement and Black American Health: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Mitchell F. Rice and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Closing the Gap Between Black and White Infant Mortality Rates: An Analysis of Policy Options by Dorothy C. Howze Issues in the Delivery of Health Services Substance Abuse in the Black Community by Patrick R. Clifford Promoting Mental Health: The Potential for Reform by Woodrow F. Jones, Jr., and Mitchell F. Rice Long-Term Health Care and the Black Elderly by Verna M. Keith Health Care of Blacks in American Inner Cities by Marianne Foley and Glen R. Johnson Competitive Health Care: Assessing an Alternative Solution for Health Care Problems by Mylon Winn
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