New and Emerging Issues in Latinx Health

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-24045-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 365 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 593 g

This volume is being published at a critical time in U.S. history and serves as a comprehensive and much-needed update to what is known about Latinx health. As both the United States and Latinx subgroups experience demographic shifts, it is critical to examine the current epidemiology of Latinx health, as well as the factors influencing the health and well-being of this growing population.
Chapters in this book, written by highly respected experts, illuminate the diversity of the Latinx population and provide strategies to mitigate many of the challenges they face, including challenges related to migrating to new destinations. The book is designed to enrich dialogue around the multilevel determinants of Latinx health and concludes with a call to action for increased culturally congruent, theoretically informed and participatory Latinx health research. The book also encourages the mentorship and growth of early career and junior investigators to conduct research on Latinx health issues.

A selection of the perspectives included among the chapters:

- Chronic disease and mental health issues in Latinx populations
- Substance use among Latinx adolescents in the United States
- Physical and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Latinx populations
- Health insurance reform and the Latinx population
- Immigration enforcement policies and Latinx health
- Research priorities for Latinx sexual and gender minorities
- Racial and ethnic discrimination, intersectionality, acculturation, and Latinx health

New and Emerging Issues in Latinx Health is an invaluable compendium that provides a foundation of understanding Latinx health and well-being and guides future research and practice. The book is essential for researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of public health and the social sciences including community and health psychology, health administration and policy, community health education, medical anthropology, medical sociology, population health, and preventive medicine. Moreover, the chapters in this volume are also relevant for federal, state, and local agencies, including health departments, and other Latinx- and immigrant-serving community organizations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rhodes, Scott D.

Martínez, Airín D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Disentangling Language and the Social Determinants of Latinx Health in the United States.- Part I: The Health Status of Latinx Persons in the United States.- Chapter 2: Chronic Disease in the Latinx Population: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 3: Mental Health Issues in Latinx Populations: Evaluating the State of the Field.- Chapter 4: Latinx Child Health: Challenges and Opportunities to Build a Healthy Future.- Chapter 5: Substance Use among Latinx Adolescents in the United States: Scope, Theory, Interventions, and Next Steps.- Chapter 6: Disability among the Latinx Population: Epidemiology and Empowerment Interventions.- Chapter 7: Aging and Health in the Latinx Population in the United States: Changing Demographics, Social Vulnerabilities, and the Aim of Quality of Life.- Chapter 8: Health Threats That Can Affect Hispanic/Latino Migrants and Immigrants.- Chapter 9: The Status of Latinx Occupational Health.- Chapter 10: The Health and Well-being of Latinx Sexual and Gender Minorities in the United States: A Call to Action.- Part II: Communities, Systems, and Structures.- Chapter 11: Health Insurance Reform and the Latinx Population.- Chapter 12: Immigration Enforcement Policies and Latinx Health: State of Knowledge.- Chapter 13: Three Ecologies of the Urban Environment and The Health of Latinx Communities.- Chapter 14: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, Intersectionality, and Latinx Health.- Chapter 15: Divergent Dilemma: The Reconceptualization and Critical Use of Acculturation in Latinx Health Research.- Chapter 16: Health is Political: Advocacy and Mobilization for Latinx Health.

Über Autor(innen)

Airín D. Martínez, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion & Policy at the School of Public Health & Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Scott D. Rhodes, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, is professor and chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy Division of Public Health Sciences, at Wake Forest School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.