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Health and Medical Care of African-Americans
Wornie L. Reed
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Health and Medical Care of African-Americans

Wornie L. Reed Wornie L. Reed

June 1993

Praeger

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Assesses the poor health and medical care status of African-Americans, detailing specific problems.

African-Americans suffer disproportionately to their percentage of the population from ill health and poor or non-existent medical care. Because health and illness are related to social status, only a change in economic and social policies will remedy the sorrowful health and care situation carefully detailed and substantiated in this book.

Reed and his colleagues identify and show the enormity of the several health problems of particular concern to the black population. These include adverse birth outcomes, increasing cancer rates, lead poisoning, and the high rate of homicide among African-Americans. Sickle Cell Anemia with its special problems for the black community is addressed, as is the widespread use of alcohol and other substances. Finally, the AIDS epidemic's impact on the African-American population is described and the implications stated. The authors leave no doubt that decisive action is warranted on a large scale.
Health Status and Sociodemographic Context
Adverse Birth Outcomes: Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight, and Maternal Deaths
Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among African-Americans
Trends in Homicide Among African-Americans
Lead Poisoning: The Invisible Epidemic
Current Plagues: Chemical Dependency and AIDS
Sickle Cell Anemia
Access to Medical Care
Health Work Force Distribution
Cross-Cutting Issues in the Health of African-Americans
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Each chapter is concise and well written, with appropriate supportive tables that are integrated effectively with the text. The tone is scholarly, its contents authoritative, and its impact on the reader both profound and disturbing. An essential addition to libraries addressing academic needs in black studies, sociology, public health, and public policy, as US society explores fundamental changes in its health-care delivery system.—Choice





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