Handbook of African American health : social and behavioral interventions

The U.S. Census Bureau reports particular demographic, social, and health conditions for African Americans. Population-wide, the African American community has a higher mortality rate from cancer and diabetes than the rest of the population, a higher infant mortality rate, and a lower vaccination rate for influenza and pneumonia. The contributions to this comprehensive Handbook of African American Health uncover the specific demographic conditions of the African American population, and outline social interventions for both physical and mental health at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. The 26 contributions to this comprehensive volume cover interventions for a diverse range of health problems, including: -obesity and cardiovascular disease -diabetes -asthma and other respiratory diseases -smoking, alcohol, and recreational drug abuse -risky sexual behaviors -cancer screening, prevention, and survivorship -infant mortality -community and interpersonal violence -mental health From a healthcare standpoint, it also examines specific interventions for treatment compliance, health care access, and community collaborations. This volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers in medical sociology, mental health studies, public health, health behavior, and African American studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Conceptual, Operational, and Theoretical Overview of African American Health Related Disparities for Social and Behavioral Interventions....Pages 3-33 Ethics and Intervention Programming....Pages 35-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Health, Nutrition, Access to Healthy Food and Well-Being Among African Americans....Pages 47-59 Promoting Physical Activity in Black Children and Adolescents: Intervention Strategies Health Practitioners Have Put into Play....Pages 61-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities: Using Mass Media Campaigns to Prevent Smoking and Increase Cessation in Underserved Populations....Pages 79-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning....Pages 103-111 Contemporary Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Community Violence Among African American Youth....Pages 113-127 Factor Structure and Expression of Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample of African American Adolescents Living in Urban Public Housing....Pages 129-144 Rites of Passage: Cultural Paths for HIV/AIDS Prevention in African American Girls....Pages 145-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: Is Racism-Related Stress a Missing Piece of the Puzzle?....Pages 155-163 African American Women and Breast Cancer: Interventions at Multiple Levels....Pages 165-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Prevention of Risky Sexual Behaviors Among African American Men....Pages 183-195 Post-prison Community Reentry and African American Males: Implications for Family Therapy and Health....Pages 197-214 Beyond the Myth: Addressing Suicide Among African American Males....Pages 215-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Increasing Cultural Competency Among Medical Care Providers....Pages 227-233 Tailoring Health Interventions: An Approach for Working with African American Churches to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities....Pages 235-251 Process Evaluation of a Nursing Support Intervention with Rural African American Mothers with Preterm Infants....Pages 253-270 Interventions to Provide More Equitable Health Care: Emerging Evidence and Next Steps....Pages 271-282 Back Matter....Pages 283-289 Part 1. Background of social and behavioral health disparities: interventions among African Americans. Conceptual, operational, and theoretical overview of African American health related disparities for social and behavioral interventions -- Ethics and intervention programming. Part 2. Fundamental intervention needs. Health, nutrition, access to healthy food and well-being among African Americans.-- Promoting physical activity in black children and adolescents: intervention strategies health practitioners have put into play. Part 3. Major lifestyle intervention considerations. Reducing tobacco related health disparities: using mass media campaigns to prevent smoking and increase cessation in underserved populations. Part 4.-Important interventions for children. Preventing childhood lead poisoning -- Contemporary interventions to prevent and reduce community violence among African American youth -- Factor structure and expression of depressive symptoms in a community sample of African American adolescents living in urban public housing -- Rites of passage: cultural paths for HIV/AIDS prevention in African American girls. Part 5. Urgent interventions for women -- Black-white disparities in birth outcomes: is racism-related stress a missing piece of the puzzle? -- African American women and breast cancer: interventions at multiple levels. Part 6. Critical interventions for African American men. Prevention of risky sexual behaviors among African American men -- Post-prison community re-entry and African American males: implications for family therapy and health -- Beyond the myth: addressing suicide among African American males. Part 7. Clinical interventions for healthy communities. Increasing cultural competency among medical care providers -- Tailoring health interventions: an approach for working with African American churches to reduce cancer health disparities -- Process evaluation of a nursing support intervention with rural African American mothers with preterm infants -- Interventions to provide more equitable health care: emerging evidence and next steps.