Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies

By Bettina Beech and Beech Bettina Ed

Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies is a teaching text and resource guide for students, health professionals, public health researchers, and the general public that extends the discussion of environmental factors that influence ethnic minority participation in health studies. This book examines the lack of minority participation in health studies from social, historical, and scientific perspectives. This book is divided into three main sections: 1) The Meaning of Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Research; 2) Health Studies and Ethnic Minority Populations and 3) The Impact of Revolutionary Changes in Medicine and Health Care on Minority Participation in Health Studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875530303
• ISBN13: 9780875530307
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: American Public Health Association
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.