Health Issues in the Black Community (The Jossey-Bass Health Series) - Hardcover

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RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE is professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Department at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, and is the former chair and an adjunct professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. He is the co-editor of Prisons and Aids (Jossey-Bass Publishers)

SANDRA E. TAYLOR is professor and former chair in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Sociology at Clark Atlanta University, and a visiting professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Department of the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University.
Braithwaite and Taylor are the coeditors of Health Issues in the Black Community, First Edition (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992).

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"The truth hurts but silence kills. Braithwaite, Taylor, and the contributing authors of Health Issues in the Black Community have issued a wake up call to us all. All nations must wake up and deal with the health disparity gap with truth, dignity, and equity." Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, Cape Town, South Africa, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1984

"Drs. Braithwaite and Taylor have done it again with the Second Edition of Health Issues in the Black Community. This book examines the specific health care needs of African Americans at the same time that it offers practical solutions and recommendations to ensure the wellbeing of members of this population. A must-read for health care professionals of all races." Kweisi Mfume, president and CEO, NAACP

"In an era in which new scientific advances seem to occur on a daily basis, the continuing disparities in physical and mental health that exist in our country are particularly disheartening. It is for this reason that publications such as Health Issues in the Black Community are a necessity. We must continue to conduct and disseminate research necessary to combat this problem and to improve the lives of our people." Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust

"This book is the definitive examination of health issues in black America?issues sadly overlooked and downplayed in our culture and society. I congratulate Drs. Braithwaite and Taylor for their monumental book!" Cornel West, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor, Harvard University

Praise for the First Edition
"Health Issues in the Black Community shows how closely the health of black Americans is linked to racism and poverty and makes clear the need for a just health care system responsive to the needs of all Americans." Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund

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In the almost ten years since the landmark book Health Issues in the Black Community was first published, the gap in health status between black and whites in the U.S. has not disappeared. To breach this gap, vigorous action must be directed to prevent disease, promote overall health, and deliver appropriate care within the African American population.

In this thoroughly updated and revised edition of Health Issues in the Black Community, the editors offer an in-depth examination of the most pressing health problems confronting the black community. Written by a stellar panel of scholars and practitioners, this valuable resource examines such topics as chronic illnesses, the effects of violence, and health policy. Health Issues in the Black Community also contains the most current thinking on relevant health, delivery, lifestyle, and policy issues.

Emphasizing the need for innovative health care policies that are culturally sensitive, Health Issues in the Black Community covers a broad range of important topics including

• Environmental racism and justice
• Organ/tissue donation and transplantation
• Tobacco as a major risk factor for numerous other diseases
• Widespread mistrust of the medical establishment
• New treatment breakthroughs for sickle cell anemia
• Reemergence of tuberculosis
• AIDS, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, alcohol and other substance abuse issues.

Health care providers, researchers, educators, students, and policy makers will find the second edition of Health Issues in the Black Community to be a relevant and useful resource.

The Editors
Ronald L. Braithwaite is professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Department at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, and is the former chair and an adjunct professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. He is the co-editor of Prisons and Aids (Jossey-Bass Publishers)

Sandra E. Taylor is professor and former chair in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Sociology at Clark Atlanta University, and a visiting professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Department of the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University.
Braithwaite and Taylor are the coeditors of Health Issues in the Black Community, First Edition (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992).