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Minority health in America : findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund minority health survey / edited by Carol J.R. Hogue, Martha A. Hargraves, Karen Scott Collins.

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Minority health in America : findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund minority health survey / edited by Carol J.R. Hogue, Martha A. Hargraves, Karen Scott Collins.
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Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Collins, Karen Scott.
  • Commonwealth Fund. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50053880
  • Hargraves, Martha A.
  • Hogue, Carol J. R.
Description
xviii, 326 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Surveys
  • Health surveys > United States
  • Minorities > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Minority Groups
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • Foreword / Karen Davis -- 1. The Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey of 1994: An Overview / Carol J. R. Hogue and Martha A. Hargraves -- 2. Hispanics' Experience within the Health Care System: Access, Utilization, and Satisfaction / Sylvia Guendelman and Todd Wagner -- 3. A Profile of African Americans' Health Care: Subgroup Differences in Need and Access / Verna M. Keith -- 4. Access to Health Care among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans / Dorothy Chin, David T. Takeuchi and Dong Suh -- 5. Health Care for African American and Hispanic Women: Report on Perceived Health Status, Access to Care, and Utilization Patterns / Vickie M. Mays, Susan D. Cochran and J. Greer Sullivan -- 6. Financial Barriers for Working-Age Minority Populations: Poverty and Beyond / Llewellyn J. Cornelius and Karen Scott Collins -- 7. Uninsurance and Its Impact on Access to Health Care: What Are the Challenges for Policy? / Martha A. Hargraves --
  • 8. Satisfaction with Care in Minority Populations / Lisa E. Harris, Simon Mungai and William M. Tierney -- 9. Limited Choices for Medical Care among Minority Populations / Llewellyn J. Cornelius -- 10. Social Status and Perceived Discrimination: Who Experiences Discrimination in the Health Care System, How, and Why? / Thomas A. LaVeist, Chamberlain Diala and Nicole C. Jarrett -- 11. Race, Stress, and Mental Health / David R. Williams -- 12. Eating Well, Exercising, and Avoiding Smoking: Health Promotion among Men and Women in Minority Populations / Carol J. R. Hogue -- 13. A Look to the Future / Karen Scott Collins and Allyson G. Hall -- Technical Appendix / Allyson G. Hall.
ISBN
  • 0801862981 (alk. paper)
  • 080186299X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
99030914
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries