Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader Book

	Sources
	The Authors
	The Editor
	Acknowledgments
	Tables and Figures
1	Introduction: Why We Should Study Race, Ethnicity, and Health	1
Pt. 1	Background: Historical and Political Considerations	9
2	Shades of Difference: Theoretical Underpinnings of the Medical Controversy on Black-White Differences in the United States, 1830-1870	11
3	Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care	34
4	Latino Outlook: Good Health, Uncertain Prognosis	47
5	Segregation, Poverty, and Empowerment: Health Consequences for African Americans	76
Pt. 2	Conceptual Issues in the Study of Race and Ethnicity	97
6	A Note on the Biological Concept of Race and Its Application in Epidemiologic Research	99
7	Beyond Dummy Variables and Sample Selection: What Health Services Researchers Ought to Know About Race as a Variable	115
8	The Bell Curve: On Race, Social Class, and Epidemiologic Research	129
9	Latino Terminology: Conceptual Bases for Standardized Terminology	141
Pt. 3	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care	161
10	Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care	163
11	Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured: Findings from a National Sample	198
Pt. 4	Why Disparities Exist	211
12	Black-White Differences in the Relationship of Maternal Age to Birthweight: A Population-Based Test of the Weathering Hypothesis	213
13	Immigration and the Health of Asian and Pacific Islander Adults in the United States	231
14	Differing Birthweight Among Infants of U.S.-Born Blacks, African-Born Blacks, and U.S.-Born Whites	252
15	Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Differences Between U.S.- and Foreign-Born Women in Major U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups	265
16	Understanding the Hispanic Paradox	280
17	Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale	311
18	Racism as a Stressor for African Americans: A Biopsychosocial Model	319
19	Is Skin Color a Marker for Racial Discrimination? Explaining the Skin Color-Hypertension Relationship	340
20	John Henryism and the Health of African Americans	350
21	Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health	369
22	U.S. Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations	391
23	The Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics to Birthweight Among Five Ethnic Groups in California	432
24	Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with the Location of Food Stores and Food Service Places	448
25	"We Don't Carry That": Failure of Pharmacies in Predominantly Nonwhite Neighborhoods of Stock Opioid Analgesics	463
26	Solid Waste Sites and the Black Houston Community	472
27	Health Risk and Inequitable Distribution of Liquor Stores in African American Neighborhoods	487
28	Probing the Meaning of Racial/Ethnic Group Comparisons in Crack Cocaine Smoking	494
Pt. 5	Provider Factors	505
29	Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice	507
30	The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization
31	Patient Race and Psychotropic Prescribing During Medical Encounters	531
32	The Effect of Patient Race and Socioeconomic Status on Physicians' Perception of Patients	547
Pt. 6	Patient Factors	575
33	Do Patient Preferences Contribute to Racial Differences in Cardiovascular Procedure Use?	577
34	Racial Differences in Attitudes Toward Professional Mental Health Care and in the Use of Services	591
Pt. 7	Provider-Patient Interaction Factors	607
35	Race, Gender, and Partnership in the Patient-Physician Relationship	609
36	Patient-Physician Racial Concordance and the Perceived Quality and Use of Health Care	626
37	Racial Differences in the Use of Cardiac Catheterization After Acute Myocardial Infarction	644
	Name Index	657
	Subject Index	684