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Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health
by Donald A. Barr The health care system in the United States
has been called the best in the world, but many of its residents cannot afford
or do not have access to adequate care. Health Disparities in the United States
explores how socioeconomic status, race, and ethnic make-up affect health
disparities; what the wide gulf in care and health outcomes means for the medical
community, cultural subsets, and society at large; and how to address the issue
effectively. |
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Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity
by Michael Marmot You probably didn't realize that when you
graduate from college you increase your lifespan, or that your co-worker who
has a slightly better job is more likely to live a healthier life. In this
groundbreaking book, epidemiologist Michael Marmot marshals evidence from nearly
thirty years of research to demonstrate that status is not a footnote to the
causes of ill health—it is the cause. He calls this effect the status syndrome.
The Status Syndrome is pervasive. It determines the chances that
you will succumb to heart disease, stroke, cancers, infectious diseases, even
suicide and homicide. And the issue, as Marmot shows, is not simply one of
income or lifestyle. |
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Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations (2nd ed.)
edited by Michael V. Kline, Robert M. Huff The thoroughly updated Second Edition of
Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations grounds readers
in the understanding that health promotion programs in multicultural
settings require an in-depth knowledge of the cultural group being targeted.
Numerous advances and improvements in theory and practice in health promotion
and disease prevention (HPDP) are presented. Editors Michael V. Kline and
Robert M. Huff have expanded the book to include increased attention directed
to students and instructors while also continuing to provide a handbook for
practitioners in the field. This book combines the necessary pedagogical
features of a textbook with the scholarship found in a traditional handbook.
Several new chapters have been added early in the text to provide stronger
foundations for understanding the five sections that follow. |
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Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
edited by Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson Racial and ethnic disparities in health
care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from
differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence
that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain
significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal
Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores
how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines
how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at
aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities.
Patients and providers attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. |
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In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce
edited by Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Stith Butler, Lonnie R. Bristow In the Nation's Compelling Interest
considers the benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity, and identifies
institutional and policy-level mechanisms to garner broad support among health
professions leaders, community members, and other key stakeholders to implement
these strategies. Assessing the potential benefits of greater racial and ethnic
diversity among health professionals will improve the access to and quality of
healthcare for all Americans. |
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Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report
edited by Richard Allen Williams In Eliminating Healthcare Disparities
in America, Dr. Richard Allen Williams assembles the very best scholars
on healthcare disparities to raise the public consciousness of this issue.
These experts provide the benefits of their experience and expertise as a
resource for helping others to make judicious determinations about how to proceed
in efforts to improve the disparities in American healthcare. Arranged into discrete
categories, this volume contains comprehensive coverage, both historical and current,
of the healthcare disparity crisis currently plaguing our country in hopes of
leading us all to a brighter future. |
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Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research
by Steven Epstein With Inclusion, Steven Epstein
argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper
problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions.
Formal concern with this issue, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon.
Until the mid-1980s, scientists often studied groups of white, middle-aged
men—and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply
to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy groups, experts,
and Congress led to reforms that forced researchers to diversify the population
from which they drew for clinical research. |
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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
by Harriet A. Washington Medical Apartheid is the first
and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans,
from the era of slavery to today. Washington details the ways both slaves and
freedmen have been used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their
knowledge. |
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What If? Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue
by Steve L. Robbins Hiring and retaining the best and brightest
talent is what defines market leadership today. And in the global marketplace
winning the war for talent means embracing differences, discovering other
worldviews, and reframing our organizations for competitive advantage.
What If? delivers a creative and innovative way to explore the
issues that dominate today's multicultural workplace: leadership and mentoring,
creativity and innovation, organizational culture and engagement. In 25 inspiring
stories-some deeply personal-Steve Robbins offers fresh insight into the real and
meaningful differences among people and how the power of everyday experiences can
be the catalyst for seeing the world through a different lens. |
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Emotional Intelligence for Managing Results in a Diverse World: The Hard Truth about Soft Skills in the Workplace
by Lee Gardenswartz, Jorge Cherbosque, Anita Rowe Harness the power of human emotions to
leverage the differences people bring to the workplace. Encountering
generational, cultural, language and behavioral differences in today's
global workplace occurs nearly every hour of every day. From here to
Dubai or in the conference room down the hall, anger and frustration
come easily when others don't do things our way, follow directions, or
respond the way we think they should. And when emotions manage workplace
relationships, conflict, disengagement, and low morale result. Answering
the call for fresh insight into what it takes to effectively manage in
this complex landscape, Emotional Intelligence for Managing Results
in a Diverse World brings together a unique combination—the
key principles of emotional intelligence and the fundamentals of diversity
and difference. |
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Gender, Race, Class, and Health: Intersectional Approaches
edited by Amy J. Schulz, Leith Mullings This book examines relationships between
economic structures, race, culture, and gender, and their combined influence
on health. The authors systematically apply social and behavioral science to
inspect how these dimensions intersect to influence health and health care in
the United States. This examination brings into sharp focus the potential for
influencing policy to improve health through a more complete understanding of
the structural nature of race, gender, and class disparities in health. As
useful as it is readable, this book is ideal for students and professionals
in public health, sociology, anthropology, and women's studies. |
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Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis
by Ronald J. Angel, Laura Lein, Jane Henrici Poor Families in America's Health
Care Crisis examines the implications of the fragmented and two-tiered
health insurance system in the United States for the health care access of
low-income families. For a large fraction of Americans their jobs do not
provide health insurance or other benefits and although government programs
are available for children, adults without private health care coverage have
few options. Detailed ethnographic and survey data from selected low-income
neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio document the lapses in
medical coverage that poor families experience and reveal the extent of
untreated medical conditions, delayed treatment, medical indebtedness, and
irregular health care that women and children suffer as a result. |
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Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society
by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. Having increased the percentage of
minorities in the workplace, we might think our work in the area of diversity
is done—but we've hardly started. Building on the Promise of
Diversity presents R. Roosevelt Thomas's Strategic Diversity Management
approach, a results-focused, five-step process for applying diversity management
toward the advancement of organizational and community goals. This is the first
major book on the topic in years and it is a crucial milestone in a continuing
journey. While some organizations congratulate themselves on their plentiful
workplace initiatives, Dr. Thomas argues that we have not done enough to reap
the ultimate benefits of diversity. The opportunity is upon us and Building
on the Promise of Diversity lays the groundwork for going the next mile. |
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Making Diversity Work: 7 Steps for Defeating Bias in the Workplace (Rev. and updated. ed.)
by Sondra Thiederman Fully update and revised, this new edition
provides new stories, exercises, and trends, addressing the growing concern
about "implicit" or "unconscious" bias. Making Diversity Work
offers fresh and fascinating ideas for reducing bias—one person at a
time. "Bias lies in every heart and mind—it is also where the answers
lie," writes diversity expert Sondra Thiederman. By focusing on the individual,
rather than the organization, she defines a powerful focus for bias busting in
the workplace. Racial and sexual bias costs big bucks warns Thiederman, citing
litigation, lowered sales, and loss of employees and customers. Using case
studies, politically incorrect questions, and insightful strategies, she guides
readers through "the discomfort of self discovery." |
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Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States
by Thomas A. LaVeist This is a textbook that offers a complete
foundation in the core issues and theoretical frameworks for the development
of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related
outcomes. This book covers U.S. health and social policy, the role of race
and ethnicity in health research, social factors contributing to mortality,
longevity and life expectancy, quantitative and demographic analysis and
access, and utilization of health services. |
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Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research (2nd ed.)
edited by Mary de Chesnay, Barbara A. Anderson Within an expanding field of study in both
undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula, Caring for the Vulnerable
explores vulnerability from the perspective of individuals, groups, communities
and populations, and addresses the implication of that vulnerability for nurses,
nursing, and nursing care. Written specifically for nurses, by nurses, Caring
for the Vulnerable is a timely and necessary response to the culturally diverse
vulnerable populations for whom nurses must provide appropriate and precise care.
The Second Edition includes updated chapters from the first edition as well as
sixteen new chapters that allow students and professors to broaden scholarly
discussions about vulnerability. |
* The above items descriptions were provided from publisher pages and reviews from
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