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Cervical Cancer
Chronic
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Cuban Americans
DMFS
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Health Care
health equity research
health outcomes among US Hispanics
Hispanic Elderly
Hispanic Health
Hispanic health issues
Hispanic Populations
Hispanic Subgroups
Latino public health
Mainland Puerto Ricans
Mexican American Mothers
Mexican American Population
Mexican Americans
minority health disparities
minority health policy
multicultural health policy
National Health Interview Survey
non-Hispanic Whites
Oral Hygiene Status
Paho
Periodontal Disease
Poor Health Ratings
social determinants of health
Uncompensated Care
Underclass Model
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367004583
- Weight: 620g
- Dimensions: 149 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Exploring the many dimensions of Hispanic health issues, this book updates interested readers with recent information and offers a view of the depth, scope, and complementarity of the challenges of providing adequate health care. Accordingly, the book is organized in four sections addressing, first, the conceptual, institutional, and policy elements of the problems and their solutions; second, the clinical evidence about diseases for which Hispanics are disproportionally at risk; third, social and economic factors that have an impact on the health status of Hispanics; and, fourth, future policy options that could improve the health conditions of this increasingly large and underserved group of Americans. While clarifying the issues, the book documents the importance of seeking solutions to Hispanic health problems with determination and haste. Hispanics will soon represent the largest minority in American society. And, 20 million people with Latin American and Spanish origins contribute a large, youthful, and potentially very productive group of workers to our aging labor force. Finally, in searching for solutions to Hispanic health challenges, we learn that in order to improve the health of all Americans, while containing costs, it is necessary to address, proactively, the special needs of our culturally diverse society.
Antonio Furino, Author. Philip M. Allen is Distinguished University Professor, Chair of Foreign Languages, and Coordinator of Liberal Studies at Frostburg State University, in the University of Maryland System. He is a former Foreign Service Officer in Madagascar and Germany. He is author of several books on the Indian Ocean, and has held three Senior Fulbright Lectureships, including one at the University of Antananarivo in 1999-2000.
