Unequal Health (eBook)

How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness

Grace Budrys (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | 3., Third Edition
214 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4851-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Unequal Health examines why stark differences in health and well-being persist across demographic groups. The third edition features a new chapter on diet, new discussions of substance abuse and the attention it receives depending on who is using, new discussion of the Affordable Care Act and its impact, and more.

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Unequal Health examines the reasons why stark differences in health and well-being persist, even as the health care industry and access to health care grow. The third edition of this powerful book retains the accessible style and focus on inequality from previous editions while featuring significant new material throughout.After an overview of key themes, the book introduces the concept of epidemiologymeasuring the number of people who are sick or dyingand offers an overview of health trends over time. Author Grace Budrys distills the latest research to consider the relevance of sex, race, income, and education, and relative social status on health. The book discusses disease, habits that contribute to health, the relationship between health care and health status, genetics, socioeconomic inequality, health policy, and more. The third edition features a new chapter on diet, an increased discussion of substance abuse and the attention it receives based on who is engaging in this behavior, new material on income and education variables and inequality, a new discussion of the Affordable Care Act and its impact, and more.

Autor

Grace Budrys is professor emerita at DePaul University. She chaired the committee that created the Master of Public Health program and served as director for one year, directed the Public Services Master program, and was a professor in the Department of Sociology. Her books include Our Unsystematic Health Care System and How Nonprofits Work.

Inhalt

Chapter 2—Identifying Disease and Its CausesChapter 4—Age, Sex, and Race or EthnicityChapter 6—Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors: DietChapter 8—Health CareChapter 10—StressChapter 12—Social InequalityChapter 13—Unequal Health

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.1.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 20 Illustrations including: - 20 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4851-3 / 1442248513
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4851-9 / 9781442248519