Health Issues in the Latino Community,9780787953157

Health Issues in the Latino Community

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780787953157
ISBN10: 0787953156
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-05-07
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

Sweeping in scope, Health Issues in the Latino Community identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latino's health and health care within the United States. This resource offers a comprehensive approach that informs and promotes the advancement of the practice, program planning, research, and public policy to improve health care of all Latino citizens.

Author Biography

MARILYN AGUIRRE-MOLINA is professor of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. She has served as the executive vice president of the California Endowment and as senior program officer at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
xi
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
The Editors xxiii
The Contributors xxv
PART ONE: LATINO POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1(74)
Latino Health Policy: Beyond Demographic Determinism
3(20)
Angelo Falcon
Marilyn Aguirre-Molina
Carlos W. Molina
Latino Health Status
23(32)
Olivia Carter-Pokras
Ruth Enid Zambrana
Latino Access to Health Care: The Role of Insurance, Managed Care, and Institutional Barriers
55(20)
J. Emilio Carrillo
Fernando M. Trevino
Joseph R. Betancourt
Alberto Coustasse
PART TWO: LATINO LIFE STAGES AND HEALTH 75(134)
The Early Years: The Health of Children and Youth
77(30)
Glenn Flores
Ruth Enid Zambrana
The Reproductive Years: The Health of Latinas
107(50)
Aida L. Giachello
The Later Years: The Health of Elderly Latinos
157(22)
Valentine M. Villa
Fernando M. Torres-Gil
Latino Mental Health and Treatment in the United States
179(30)
William A. Vega
Margarita Alegria
PART THREE: PATTERNS OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG LATINOS 209(116)
The Impact of Cancer on Latino Populations
211(34)
Amelie G. Ramirez
Lucina Suarez
Cardiovascular Disease
245(32)
Eliseo Perez-Stable
Teresa Juarbe
Cina Moreno-John
Diabetes
277(24)
Jose Alejandro Luchsinger
Gender, Context, and HIV Prevention Among Latinos
301(24)
Hortensia Amaro
Rodolfo R. Vega
Dellanira Valencia
PART FOUR: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND THE LATINO WORKFORCE 325(56)
Occupational Health Among Latino Workers in the Urban Setting
327(32)
Rafael Moure-Eraso
George Friedman-Jimenez
Health and Occupational Risks of Latinos Living in Rural America
359(22)
Kathryn Azevedo
Hilda Ochoa Bogue
PART FIVE: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG LATINOS 381(78)
Alcohol Use And Alcohol-Related Problems Among Latinos in the United States
383(30)
Raul Caetano
Frank Hector Galvan
Tobacco Use Among Latinos
413(22)
Gerardo Marin
Latino Drug Use: Scope, Risk Factors, and Reduction Strategies
435(24)
Andres G. Gill
William A. Vega
PART SIX: A NEW HEALTH AGENDA 459(8)
Latino Health Policy: A Look to the Future
461(6)
Marilyn Aguirre-Molina
Angelo Falcon
Carlos W. Molina
Name Index 467(16)
Subject Index 483

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