Issues in health and health care related to race/ethnicity, immigration, SES and gender /
Issues in health and health care related to race/ethnicity, immigration, SES and gender /
edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
- Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
- 1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations
- Research in the sociology of health care, v. 30 0275-4959 ; .
- Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 30. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Health care system issues and race/ethnicity, immigration, SES and gender as sociological issues linking to health and health care / Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Obesity in Mexican-American adults : interplay of immigrant generation, gender, and socioeconomic status / Igor Ryabov -- Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in the U.S.-Mexico border region : a health narratives approach / Angélica Forero-Quintana, Sara E. Grineski -- Views of Japanese immigrant women about care as they age / Atsuko Kawakami, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Two sides of the Potomac : a qualitative exploration of immigrant families' health care experiences in Virginia and Washington, DC / Colleen K. Vesely, Marriam Ewaida, Katina B. Kearney -- Ethnicity and the use of 'accepted' and 'rejected' complementary/alternative medical therapies in Canada : evidence from the Canadian community health survey / Christopher J. Fries -- Racial residential segregation and access to health-care coverage : a multilevel analysis / Kathryn Freeman Anderson, Andrew S. Fullerton -- Gendering affective disorders in direct-to-consumer advertisements / Jennifer Arney, Rose Weitz -- 'More than boobs and ovaries' : BRCA positive young women and the negotiation of medicalization in an online message board / Elena Frank -- Close-calls that older homebound women handled without help while alone at home / Eileen J. Porter, Melinda S. Markham -- Countervailing influences of black and women legislators on state age friendliness / Jean Giles-Sims, Joanne Connor Green, Charles Lockhart -- Intersectional identities and worker experiences in home health care : the national home health aide survey / Carter Rakovski, Kim Price-Glynn.
The 30th Anniversary volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care looks at the important links between major social factors and health and health care. The four main factors examined in the book are race/ethnicity, immigration, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and gender. Starting with an introductory chapter which reviews some of the important sociological literature on these social factors as linked to health, the book goes on to cover various key issues, including obesity, ageing, immigration and racial segregation.
9781781901250 (electronic bk.) 1781901252 (electronic bk.) 9781781901243 (Cloth) 1781901244 (Cloth) 1283588692 9781283588690
9786613901149
A6F891F5-F49D-4970-9D05-C6E2D998C93C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Social medicine.
Minorities--Medical care.
Medical care.
Immigrants.
Sex factors in disease.
Emigrants and Immigrants
Delivery of Health Care
Social Medicine
Population Groups
Socioeconomic Factors
Sex Factors
Minorités--Soins médicaux.
Immigrants.
Prestation de soins.
Médecine sociale.
Maladies--Facteurs sexuels.
Health systems & services.
Sociology.
Health & Fitness--Health Care Issues.
Social Science--Sociology--General.
Medical--Health Care Delivery.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disease & Health Issues.
Medical care.
Minorities--Medical care.
Social medicine.
United States
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA418 / .I87 2012
362.1
614
W1 / RE227Q v.30 2012 WA 300 AA1
Includes bibliographical references.
Health care system issues and race/ethnicity, immigration, SES and gender as sociological issues linking to health and health care / Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Obesity in Mexican-American adults : interplay of immigrant generation, gender, and socioeconomic status / Igor Ryabov -- Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in the U.S.-Mexico border region : a health narratives approach / Angélica Forero-Quintana, Sara E. Grineski -- Views of Japanese immigrant women about care as they age / Atsuko Kawakami, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Two sides of the Potomac : a qualitative exploration of immigrant families' health care experiences in Virginia and Washington, DC / Colleen K. Vesely, Marriam Ewaida, Katina B. Kearney -- Ethnicity and the use of 'accepted' and 'rejected' complementary/alternative medical therapies in Canada : evidence from the Canadian community health survey / Christopher J. Fries -- Racial residential segregation and access to health-care coverage : a multilevel analysis / Kathryn Freeman Anderson, Andrew S. Fullerton -- Gendering affective disorders in direct-to-consumer advertisements / Jennifer Arney, Rose Weitz -- 'More than boobs and ovaries' : BRCA positive young women and the negotiation of medicalization in an online message board / Elena Frank -- Close-calls that older homebound women handled without help while alone at home / Eileen J. Porter, Melinda S. Markham -- Countervailing influences of black and women legislators on state age friendliness / Jean Giles-Sims, Joanne Connor Green, Charles Lockhart -- Intersectional identities and worker experiences in home health care : the national home health aide survey / Carter Rakovski, Kim Price-Glynn.
The 30th Anniversary volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care looks at the important links between major social factors and health and health care. The four main factors examined in the book are race/ethnicity, immigration, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and gender. Starting with an introductory chapter which reviews some of the important sociological literature on these social factors as linked to health, the book goes on to cover various key issues, including obesity, ageing, immigration and racial segregation.
9781781901250 (electronic bk.) 1781901252 (electronic bk.) 9781781901243 (Cloth) 1781901244 (Cloth) 1283588692 9781283588690
9786613901149
A6F891F5-F49D-4970-9D05-C6E2D998C93C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Social medicine.
Minorities--Medical care.
Medical care.
Immigrants.
Sex factors in disease.
Emigrants and Immigrants
Delivery of Health Care
Social Medicine
Population Groups
Socioeconomic Factors
Sex Factors
Minorités--Soins médicaux.
Immigrants.
Prestation de soins.
Médecine sociale.
Maladies--Facteurs sexuels.
Health systems & services.
Sociology.
Health & Fitness--Health Care Issues.
Social Science--Sociology--General.
Medical--Health Care Delivery.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disease & Health Issues.
Medical care.
Minorities--Medical care.
Social medicine.
United States
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA418 / .I87 2012
362.1
614
W1 / RE227Q v.30 2012 WA 300 AA1