Health Disparities : Epidemiology, Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Strategies for Elimination PDF
Edited by Owen T Jackson, Kathleen A. Evans
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In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors and strategies for the elimination of health disparities.
Topics discussed include the cessation and prevention of tobacco use for indigenous populations; understanding the true burden of cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native communities; understanding cardiovascular disparities between Maori and non-Maori indigenous populations in New Zealand; reducing health disparities of culturally-diverse minority populations through transcultural nursing in the home; childhood trauma and health disparities; dismantling racism to improve health equity; the impact of language barriers on healthcare utilization among Hispanic construction workers; and white and minority screenings in colorectal cancer prevention.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:211 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers
- Publication Date:01/07/2013
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- ISBN:9781626185715
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:211 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers
- Publication Date:01/07/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781626185715