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Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life, Paperback / softback Book

Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life Paperback / softback

Edited by Barney Cohen, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Norman B. Anderson

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In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health.

There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them.

But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans.

This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages.

Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course.

Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role.

Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health.

This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction--Barney CohenSection I--The Nature of Racial and Ethnic Differences2 Racial andEthnic Identification, Official Classifications, and HealthDisparities3 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality Among theU.S.

Elderly Population4 Ethnic Differences in Dementia and Alzheimer's DiseaseSection II--Two Key Conceptual and Methodological Challenges5 TheLife-Course Contribution to Ethnic Disparities in Health6 Selection Processes in the Study of Racial and EthnicDifferentials in Adult Health and Mortality7 Immigrant Health: Selectivity and AcculturationSection III--The Search For Causal Pathways8 Genetic Factors inEthnic Disparities in Health9 Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health10 The Role of Social and Personal Resources in Ethnic Disparitiesin Late-Life Health11 What Makes a Place Healthy?

Neighborhood Influences on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health over the Life Course12 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Behaviors: A Challenge toCurrent Assumptions13 Cumulative Psychosocial Risks and Resilience: A ConceptualPerspective on Ethnic Health Disparities in Late Life14 Significance of Perceived Racism: Toward Understanding EthnicGroup Disparities in Health, the Later Years15 A Neurovisceral Integration Model of Health Disparities in Aging16 Geography and Racial Health DisparitiesSection IV--The Challenge Of Identifying Effective Interventions17Behavioral Health Interventions: What Works and Why?Section V--Two International Comparisons18 Ethnic Disparities inAging Health: What Can We Learn from the United Kingdom?19 An Exploratory Investigation into Racial Disparities in theHealth of Older South Africans

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