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African American Women's Health and Social Issues de Catherine Fisher Collins

African American Women's Health and Social Issues

Editat de Catherine Fisher Collins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iul 2006 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Topics include African American women and heart disease, sickle cell, breast cancer, diabetes, HIV and AIDS, as well as mental illness. Social issues that affect health are also examined, including poverty, homelessness, stress, racism, sexism, and treatment disparities. Two thirds of the chapters are all-new with fresh topics and information, and the remaining chapters have been completely updated.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275980825
ISBN-10: 0275980820
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Catherine Fisher Collins, PhD, is associate professor of Community and Human Services at State University at New York Empire State College. She is a nurse practitioner and holds a doctorate in Education Administration.

Cuprins

Foreword by Vivian W. PinnPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Commentary on the Health and Social Status of African American WomenCatherine Fisher Collins1 African American Women and Heart DiseaseLynne Valencia Perry-Bottinger2 Breast Cancer in African American WomenPatricia K. Bradley3 Understanding Sickle Cell Disease in African American WomenJamesetta A. Newland and Cassandra Dobson4 Sickle Cell Disease: What's Going On? Insights for WomenCheryl Hunter-Grant5 Diabetes and African American WomenCatherine Fisher Collins6 HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Health Risk FactorsLorraine E. Peeler7 Social Construction and Social Transmission of HIV/AIDSLorraine E. Peeler8 Allowing Illness in Order to Heal: Sojourning the African American Woman and the AIDS PandemicRenee Bowman Daniels9 African American Women and DepressionFreida Hopkins Outlaw10 Homeless Women: Caught in a Web of PovertyJuanita K. Hunter11 Informed Decisions: Paving the Way to Informed ConsentRhea J. Simmons12 Women in the Shadows: Seeking Health, Seeking SelfVirginia A. Batchelor13 Women of Color and the Roots of Coping: A Literary PerspectiveImani Lillie B. FryarIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

Recenzii

This book includes some compelling, well-researched chapters that reflect the medical and social challenges facing some African American women.
This excellent resource addresses the unique issues faced by black women and provides encouragement and valuable information about how to get help.
The prevalence of diabetes among African Americans is about 70 percent higher than among whites. About one in every 375 African American newborns has a form of sickle cell disease; the rate is about one in every 58,000 for whites. Being armed with these facts is not enough, so this collection of clearly-written articles gives general readers basic information about a range of indications, treatments, preventative measures and concerns. Topics and conditions covered include the general health and social status of African American women, heart disease, breast cancer, sickle cell disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and depression. Articles also address the consequences of poverty and homelessness, the ramifications of informed consent, the emotional process of seeking health, and a literary perspective on the roots of coping.