Health Disparities in Youth and Families Research and Applications /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Carlo, Gustavo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Crockett, Lisa J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Carranza, Miguel A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 57
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Public health.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Public Health.

Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on Af...

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