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Health Disparities in Youth and Families
. Ed(S): Carlo, Gustavo; Crockett, Lisa J.; Carranza, Miguel A.
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Description for Health Disparities in Youth and Families
Hardback. This volume of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation examines one of the pressing health concerns in the United States: health disparities due to race, gender, ethnicity, and social class, which will become a major threat to the well-being of the nation. Editor(s): Carlo, Gustavo; Crockett, Lisa J.; Carranza, Miguel A. Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, Health Disparities in Youth and Families offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal—and protective—factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal variables, including the roles of family identity, school, and neighborhood, and motivation toward ... Read more
Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, Health Disparities in Youth and Families offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal—and protective—factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal variables, including the roles of family identity, school, and neighborhood, and motivation toward ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Series
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441970916
SKU
V9781441970916
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Reviews for Health Disparities in Youth and Families
From the reviews: “The editors have successfully compiled the work of stellar researchers who … meet and exceed the gold standard for contemporary research by offering outstanding examples of longitudinal investigations that effectively illuminate pathways to the manifestation of health disparities for youths. … urgent and mandatory reading for any investigator conducting health disparities research, those taking courses covering ... Read more