Health Disparities in Youth and Families: Research and Applications

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441970916
• ISBN13: 9781441970916
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"