Health Disparities in Youth and Families Research and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carlo, Gustavo (Editor), Crockett, Lisa J. (Editor), Carranza, Miguel A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 57
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• How Money Matters for Children’s Socioemotional Adjustment: Family Processes and Parental Investment
• The Self-Regulation of Health Relevant Behaviors: The Role of Conscious Awareness and Motivation
• Risk and Resilience during Early Adolescence: What it means for African American and Latino Families
• Social Identity, Motivation, and Well Being among Adolescents from Asian and Latin American Backgrounds
• Health Disparities, Social Inequality and the Human Genome
• School Ethnic Diversity and Disparities in Mental Health Outcomes
• Social and Historical Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Substance Use and Mental Health among Indigenous Adolescents
• Lessons Learned: Integrative Approaches to Policies and Programs.