Understanding racial and ethnic differences in health in late life [electronic resource] : a research agenda / Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Rodolfo A. Bulatao and Norman B. Anderson, editors.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 169 p. : illUniform titles:- Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans.
- Minorities -- Health and hygiene -- United States
- Ethnic groups -- Health and hygiene -- United States
- Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States
- Health services accessibility -- United States
- Discrimination in medical care -- United States
- Health status indicators -- United States
- Health and race -- United States
- Social medicine -- United States
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- RA448.4 .U52 2004eb
"This volume is the Panel's final report. The workshop papers are available in a companion volume, Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life"--Pref.
Updates work from: Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-152) and index.
The nature of racial and ethnic differences -- Perspectives on racial and ethnic differences -- Genetic influences -- Socioeconomic factors -- Behavior risk factors -- Social and personal resources -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Stress -- Biopsychosocial interactions -- Health care -- The life course -- Interventions.
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