New and emerging issues in Latinx health
This timely volume serves as a comprehensive and much-needed update to the literature on Latinx health. As both the United States and Latinx subgroups experience and anticipate demographic shifts, it is critical to examine the current epidemiology of Latinx health, as well as the factors influencing...
| Other Authors: | Martínez, Airín D.,, Rhodes, Scott D.,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxiii, 365 pages) ; illustrations, maps. |
| Series: |
Latinx Counseling Concentration (LCC) Collection.! EPT.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Disentangling language and the social determinants of Latinx health in the United States / Airín D. Martínez and Scott D. Rhodes
- Part I. The health status of Latinx persons in the United States. Chronic disease and the Latinx population: threats, challenges, and opportunities / Barbara Baquero and Deborah M. Parra-Medina
- Mental health issues within Latinx populations: evaluating the state of the field / Esther J. Calzada, Lauren E. Gulbas, Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, Su Yeong Kim and Jodi Berger Cardoso
- Latinx child health: challenges and opportunities to build a healthy future / Julie M. Linton and J. Raul Gutierrez
- Substance use among Latinx adolescents in the USA: scope, theory, interventions, and next steps / Flavio F. Marsiglia and Elizabeth Kiehne
- Disability among the Latinx population : epidemiology and empowerment interventions / Fabricio E. Balcazar, Sandra Magaña and Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar
- Aging and health in the Latinx Population in the USA: changing demographics, social vulnerabilities, and the aim of quality of life / Iveris L. Martinez and Adriana Baron
- Health threats that can affect Hispanic/ Latino migrants and immigrants / Thomas M. Painter
- The Status of Latinx occupational health / Sara A. Quandt and Thomas A. Arcury
- The Health and well-being of Latinx sexual and gender minorities in the USA: a call to action / Scott D. Rhodes, Lilli Mann-Jackson, Jorge Alonzo, Jonathan C. Bell, Amanda E. Tanner, Omar Martínez, Florence M Simán, Timothy S. Oh, Benjamin D. Smart, Jesus Felizzola and Ronald A. Brooks
- Part II. Communities, systems, and structures. Health insurance reform and the Latinx population / Mark A. Hall and Lilli Mann-Jackson
- Immigration enforcement policies and Latinx health: state of knowledge / Nolan Kline and Heide Castañeda
- Three ecologies of the urban environment and the health of Latinx communities / Francisco Lara-Valencia and Hilda García-Perez
- Racial/ ethnic discrimination, intersectionallty, and Latina/ o health / Alana M. W. LeBrón and Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes
- Divergent dilemma: the reconceptualization and critical use of acculturation in Latinx health research / Airín D. Martínez
- Health is political: advocacy and mobilization for Latinx health / Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz.