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Contents 1 Introduction Barney Cohen SECTION I: THE NATURE OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES 2 Racial and Ethnic Identification, Official Classifications, and Health Disparities Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck 3 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality Among the U.S. Elderly Population Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers 4 Ethnic Differences in Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux SECTION II: TWO KEY CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 5 The Life-Course Contribution to Ethnic Disparities in Health Clyde Hertzman 6 Selection Processes in the Study of Racial and Ethnic Differentials in Adult Health and Mortality Alberto Palloni and Douglas Ewbank 7 Immigrant Health: Selectivity and Acculturation Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith SECTION III: THE SEARCH FOR CAUSAL PATHWAYS GENETIC FACTORS 8 Genetic Factors in Ethnic Disparities in Health Richard S. Cooper ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RISK FACTORS 9 Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward, and Teresa Seeman 10 The Role of Social and Personal Resources in Ethnic Disparities in Late-Life Health Carlos Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass 11 What Makes a Place Healthy? Neighborhood Influences on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health over the Life Course Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John Lynch BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS 12 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Behaviors: A Challenge to Current Assumptions Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin BIOBEHAVIORAL FACTORS 13 Cumulative Psychosocial Risks and Resilience: A Conceptual Perspective on Ethnic Health Disparities in Late Life Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang 14 Significance of Perceived Racism: Toward Understanding Ethnic Group Disparities in Health, the Later Years Rodney Clark 15 A Neurovisceral Integration Model of Health Disparities in Aging Julian F. Thayer and Bruce H. Friedman ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE 16 Geography and Racial Health Disparities Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner SECTION IV: THE CHALLENGE OF IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS 17 Behavioral Health Interventions: What Works and Why? David M. Cutler SECTION V: TWO INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS 18 Ethnic Disparities in Aging Health: What Can We Learn from the United Kingdom? James Y. Nazroo 19 An Exploratory Investigation into Racial Disparities in the Health of Older South Africans Debbie Bradshaw, Rosana Norman, Ria Laubscher, Michelle Schneider, Nolwazi Mbananga, and Krisela Steyn
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Minority older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
Health status indicators.
Health Status -- Aged.
Ethnic Groups.
Health Behavior -- Aged.
Socioeconomic Factors.