Black health in the South, edited by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, Tabia Henry Akintobi
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Black health in the South, edited by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, Tabia Henry Akintobi
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Black health in the South
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1337522859
Responsibility statement
edited by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, Tabia Henry Akintobi
Summary
"A collection of important essays on the health and well-being of African Americans in the southern United States.For African Americans in the southern United States, the social determinants of health are influenced by a unique history that encompasses hundreds of years of slavery, injustices during the Jim Crow era, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights era, and contemporary experiences like the Black Lives Matter movement. In Black Health in the South, editors Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, and Tabia Henry Akintobi bring together essays on this important subject from top public health experts.Black activists, physicians, and communities continue to battle inequities and structural problems that include poverty, inadequate access to health care, incarceration, a lack of transportation, and food insecurity. As the result of redlining and other historical and contemporary injustices, African Americans are less likely to own a home or to have equity, which places them in danger of financial ruin if they experience an illness such as a heart attack, stroke, or cancer, for which they are often at greater risk due to many social and environmental factors. At the same time, African American communities display many strengths and are often very resilient against these structural inequities. The use of community coalitions is a valuable approach for addressing health disparities in African American communities, and improving the cultural competence of health care providers further reduces the effects of health disparities.With essays spanning topics from culturally appropriate health care to faith-based interventions and the role of research networks in addressing disparities, this collection is pivotal for understanding the health of African Americans in the South. Public health scholars have examined racial disparities in health in the United States broadly and in specific cities, but this is the first edited collection to focus on African Americans in the South both as a whole and as a distinct population"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Preface -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Overview, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, and Tabia Henry Akintobi -- 2. Racism and Health: Implications for Health Disparities, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, Ryan A. Harris, and Gaston Kapuku -- 3. Access to Quality, Culturally Appropriate Heathcare, by Brittney T. Anderson -- PART II: METHODS -- 4. Health Intervention Studies, by Casey L. Daniel and Yendelela L. Cuffee -- 5. Faith-based Interventions, by Charlton Coles and Veronica Parker -- 6. Clinical and Community-Based Research Networks for Addressing Health Disparities, by Lufei Young -- PART III: HEALTH DISPARITIES -- 7. Hypertension, by Georgiana Logan -- 8. Myocardial Infarction, by Anna Kucharska-Newton -- 9. Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Kidney Disease, by Jasmine T. Washington, Rachel B. Fissell, Kerri L. Cavanaugh, and Ebele M. Umeukeje -- 10. Diabetes, by Marianna K. Wilson, Aundrea E. Loftley, Kelly J. Hunt, Carolyn Jenkins, and Kathie L. Hermayer -- 11. Stroke, by Carolyn Jenkins, Daniel Lackland, and Bruce Oubiagele -- 12. Disparities in Interpersonal Violence, by Camille Burnett -- 13. Mental Health Disparities, by Danielle L. McDuffie and Martha R. Crowther -- 14. Prostate Cancer, by Folakemi T. Odedina, Clayton Yates, and Ernest Kaninjing -- 15. Colorectal Cancer, by Siddhartha Roy, Stacy N. Davis, John S. Luque, and Clement K. Gwede -- 16. Lung Cancer, by Steven S. Coughlin -- 17. Sexual and Reproductive Health, by Lucy A. Ingram, Faith E. Fletcher, Tiffany Byrd, and Antonika Kadiri -- 18. Infant Mortality, by Paul C. Mann -- 19. Maternal Mortality, by Marlo Vernon, Colleen Walters, Samantha Sojourner, and Candace Best -- PART IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 20. Ameliorating Health Inequities, by Steven S. Coughlin, Lovoria B. Williams, and Tabia Henry Akintobi -- Index