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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED330749 AUTHOR: Willis, David P., Ed.


TITLE: Health Policies and Black Americans.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 535 p.
AVAILABILITY: Transaction Publishers, Rutgers--The State
University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

ABSTRACT: This collection of essays focuses on the impact
of health policy on black Americans by examining the
relation between public policy and the distribution of
health needs and effects. The book includes an introduction
by David P. Willis and is divided into seven sections.
Section I, "Who Are Black Americans?" includes the
following chapters: (1) "The Quality of Life for Black
Americans Twenty Years after the Civil Rights Revolution"
(Reynolds Farley); (2) "Black Demographic Trends in the
1980s" (William P. O'Hare); and (3) "Conceptual and
Methodological Issues in the Use of Race as a Variable:
Policy Implications" (Doris Y. Wilkinson and Gary King).
Section II, "Mortality and Morbidity of Black Americans,"
includes the following chapters: (1) "Black White
Differences in Health Status: Methods or Substance?"
(Ronald M. Andersen and others); (2) "History of Black
Mortality and Health before 1940" (Douglas C. Ewbank); and
(3) "Health Differentials between Blacks and Whites: Recent
Trends in Mortality and Morbidity" (Kenneth G. Manton and
others). Section III, "From Universal Entitlements to
Employment-based Entitlements," includes the following
chapters: (1) "Public versus Employment-related Health
Insurance: Experience and Implications for Black and
Nonblack Americans" (Stephen H. Long); and (2) "Health Care
for Black Americans: The Public Sector Role" (Karen Davis
and others). Section IV, "Implications of Selected Policy
Directions," includes the following chapters: (1)
"Constraining the Supply of Physicians: Effects on Black
Physicians" (Ruth S. Hanft and Catherine C. White); (2)
"Paying the Price: Medical Care, Minorities, and the Newly
Competitive Health Care System" (Mark Schlesinger); (3)
"Reduction of Hypertension-associated Heart Disease and
Stroke among Black Americans: Past Experience and New
Perspectives on Targeting Resources" (Daniel D. Savage and
others); (4) "Health Policy: Gaps in Access, Delivery, and
Utilization of the Pap Smear in the United States" (Claudia
Baquet and Knut Ringen); and (5) "Improving the Mental
Health of Black Americans: Lessons from the Community
Mental Health Movement" (Harold W. Neighbors). Section V,
"Groups at Special Risk," includes the following chapters:
(1) "Race Differences in Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and
Adolescent Childbearing" (Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.); (2)
"Trends in Racial Inequality and Exposure to Work-related
Hazards, 1968 1986" (James C. Robinson); and (3) "The
Health, Physical Functioning, and Informal Supports of the
Black Elderly" (Rose C. Gibson and James S. Jackson).
Section VI, "Racial Dimensions of AIDS: Attitudes and
Policies," contains a chapter entitled "The AIDS Epidemic
among Blacks and Hispanics" (Samuel R. Friedman and
others). Section VII, "Conclusion," contains a chapter
entitled "Race in the Health of America" (S. M. Miller).
Each chapter includes a list of references and most
chapters include statistical data in tables and charts.
(AF)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: At-Risk-Persons; Health-Insurance; Primary
Health-Care; Public-Health; Quality-of-Life; Racial
Differences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Blacks-; *Health-Needs; *Health-Services;
*Medical-Services; *Public-Policy

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