Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land A Role for Epigenomic and Environmental Interaction /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kwabi-Addo, Bernard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Epidemiology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Ethnicity.; Medicine & Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Human Genetics.; Ethnicity Studies.

This stimulating volume uses multiple lenses to analyze the complex causes of health disparities affecting minorities, in particular African Americans, and explains how this knowledge can be used to reduce their destructive effects. Pinpointing genetic, non-genetic, and epigenetic factors underlying...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction: Disease-specific disparities of the African diaspora
• Part 1: Genetic Factors
• Chapter 2: The genetic basis to health disparity
• Chapter 3: The role of epigenetics
• Part 2: Non-Genetic Elements
• Chapter 4: Economic factors and health
• Chapter 5: Social determinants
• Chapter 6: Behavior and health disparities
• Chapter 7: Health literacy deficits
• Chapter 8: The impact of culture
• Chapter 9: Psychological issues and how they affect disparities
• Part 3: Gene-Environment Interactions
• Chapter 10: Gene-environment interactions in health disparities
• Chapter 11: Race, a biological or social concept
• Chapter 12: Translating health disparities
• Glossary of Terms
• Index
• About the Author.