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Handbook of African American Health

Social and Behavioral Interventions

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Anthony J. Lemelle

    1. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, USA

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  2. Wornie Reed

    1. , Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, Blacksburg, USA

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  3. Sandra Taylor

    1. , Sociology and Criminal Justice, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA

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  • Focuses on interventions and prevention rather than health outcomes

  • Unique focus on African American health needs and demographic considerations

  • Comprehensive coverage of societal causes and solutions for health problems as well as health care access

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Background of Social and Behavioral Health Disparities Interventions Among African Americans

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Background of Social and Behavioral Health Disparities Interventions among African Americans

    1. Conceptual, Operational, and Theoretical Overview of African American Health Related Disparities for Social and Behavioral Interventions

      • Anthony J. Lemelle
      Pages 3-33

    2. Ethics and Intervention Programming

      • Cynthia Hudley
      Pages 35-44

  5. Major Lifestyle Intervention Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities: Using Mass Media Campaigns to Prevent Smoking and Increase Cessation in Underserved Populations

      • Jane A. Allen, Donna M. Vallone, Amanda K. Richardson
      Pages 79-99

  6. Important Interventions for Children

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning

      • Wornie Reed
      Pages 103-111

    3. Contemporary Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Community Violence Among African American Youth

      • Duane E. Thomas, Elizabeth M. Woodburn, Celine I. Thompson, Stephen S. Leff
      Pages 113-127

    4. Factor Structure and Expression of Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample of African American Adolescents Living in Urban Public Housing

      • Von E. Nebbitt, Andridia Mapson, Ajita Robinson
      Pages 129-144

    5. Rites of Passage: Cultural Paths for HIV/AIDS Prevention in African American Girls

      • Donna Shambley-Ebron
      Pages 145-152

  7. Urgent Interventions for Women

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: Is Racism-Related Stress a Missing Piece of the Puzzle?

      • Paula Braveman
      Pages 155-163

    3. African American Women and Breast Cancer: Interventions at Multiple Levels

      • Sarah Gehlert, Eusebius Small, Sarah Bollinger
      Pages 165-179

  8. Critical Interventions for African American Men

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Prevention of Risky Sexual Behaviors Among African American Men

      • Benjamin P. Bowser
      Pages 183-195

    3. Post-prison Community Reentry and African American Males: Implications for Family Therapy and Health

      • Armon R. Perry, Michael A. Robinson, Rudolph Alexander Jr., Sharon E. Moore
      Pages 197-214
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, USA

    Anthony J. Lemelle

  • , Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, Blacksburg, USA

    Wornie Reed

  • , Sociology and Criminal Justice, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA

    Sandra Taylor

About the editors

Dr. Anthony Lemelle teaches courses at the doctoral level including Racial and Cultural Minorities, Black Americans, and The Sociology of AIDS at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. At the master’s level, Professor Lemelle teaches the course, Race and Crime, and on the undergraduate level, he teaches American Minority Groups, The Black Family, Study Abroad in Ghana, Sex, Marriage, and Healthcare in the Afro World, HIV/AIDS in the Afro World. He is the editor of the Journal of African American Studies and is widely published in the areas of African American culture, black masculinity and African Americans and HIV/AIDS.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of African American Health

  • Book Subtitle: Social and Behavioral Interventions

  • Editors: Anthony J. Lemelle, Wornie Reed, Sandra Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9616-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9615-2Published: 09 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8571-1Published: 26 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9616-9Published: 09 August 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 289

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Public Health, Community and Environmental Psychology

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