Diabetes and Health Disparities: Community-Based Approaches for Racial and Ethnic Populations
Diabetes and Health Disparities: Community-Based Approaches for Racial and Ethnic Populations
Book Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (September 14, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826101283
ISBN-13: 978-0826101280.
Book Description
Type 2 diabetes and its principal risk factor, obesity, have emerged as twin epidemics in communities of color. This book investigates the epidemiology of diabetes in these minority communities, arguing that the determinants of diabetes include not only personal choices, but also broader social and contextual factors, such as community racism, residential segregation, and cultural patterns.
This book includes in-depth analyses of many community-based interventions which serve African-American, Hispanic/Latino American, Asian American, and Native American populations. The author also provides suggestions for community-based initiatives to reduce the “obesogenic” environment many minorities live in.
