Race, Ethnicity, and Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race, Ethnicity, and Health write by Thomas A. LaVeist. This book was released on 2012-09-26. Race, Ethnicity, and Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Race, Ethnicity and Health, Second Edition, is a critical selection of hallmark articles that address health disparities in America. It effectively documents the need for equal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Intended as a resource for faculty and students in public health as well as the social sciences, it will be also be valuable to public health administrators and frontline staff who serve diverse racial and ethnic populations. The book brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field, providing a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race. New chapters cover: reflections on demographic changes in the US based on the current census; metrics and nomenclature for disparities; theories of genetic basis for disparities; the built environment; residential segregation; environmental health; occupational health; health disparities in integrated communities; Latino health; Asian populations; stress and health; physician/patient relationships; hospital treatment of minorities; the slavery hypertension hypothesis; geographic disparities; and intervention design.
Race and Ethnicity Reader (Second Edition)
Race and Ethnicity Reader (Second Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race and Ethnicity Reader (Second Edition) write by Clifford Broman. This book was released on 2017-06-23. Race and Ethnicity Reader (Second Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Understanding Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Society: A Reader provides both contemporary and historical perspectives on race and ethnicity, with a focus the development of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. The anthology is organized into four sections. The first provides introductory perspectives that consider the social construction of race and socioeconomic disparities. The second section is devoted to understanding the patterns of race and ethnicity through consideration of theoretical viewpoints. The third section explores the development of racial and ethnic patterns by looking at some of the historical evidence. The fourth and final section examines key issues in racial and ethnic inequality. Specific topics include the racialization of poverty, institutionalized racism, segregation, and some attention focused on the social institutions of religion, sports, family, and education. The sections and readings all feature an original introduction, as well as discussion questions. Understanding Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Society is intended to supplement standard texts on race and ethnicity. It is well suited to courses that focus on contemporary racial and ethnic relations, and those that explore the history of race and ethnicity.
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice write by Matthew B. Robinson. This book was released on 2021. Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The second edition of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice presents the latest research on studies of race, ethnicity, and justice practices at the juvenile and adult levels. With a focus on intersectionality, the text shows how these extralegal factors interact with others to help understand outcomes such as disparities in excessive use of force by the police and court sentencing, as well as disproportionate minority confinement in corrections. Designed to be brief yet thorough, the text covers the most important issues related to race and ethnicity as they pertain to the law, crime and delinquency, policing, courts, and corrections. Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice is highly readable and classroom friendly while also making a meaningful contribution to the literature on the topic"--
Ethnicity and Race
Ethnicity and Race - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnicity and Race write by Stephen Cornell. This book was released on 2007. Ethnicity and Race available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Resource added for the Psychology (includes Sociology) 108091 courses.
The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity
The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity write by Charlton D. McIlwain. This book was released on 2010-11-17. The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity is a comprehensive guide to the increasingly relevant, broad and ever changing terrain of studies surrounding race and ethnicity. Comprising a series of essays and a critical dictionary of key names and terms written by respected scholars from a range of academic disciplines, this book provides a thought provoking introduction to the field, and covers: The history and relationship between "race" and ethnicity The impact of colonialism and post colonialism Emerging concepts of "whiteness" Changing political and social implications of race Race and ethnicity as components of identity The interrelatedness and intersectionality of race and ethnicity with gender and sexual orientation Globalization, media, popular culture and their links with race and ethnicity Fully cross referenced throughout, with suggestions for further reading and international examples, this book is indispensible reading for all those studying issues of race and ethnicity across the humanities and social and political sciences.
