Minority Populations and Health offers a foundation in the issues and theoretical frameworks for understanding racial and ethnic disparities in health-related outcomes. This book covers U.S. health and social policy, the role of race and ethnicity in health research, socioeconomic status and other social factors contributing to mortality, longevity and life expectancy, quantitative and demographic analysis and access, and utilization of health services. Minority Populations and Health was designed to be used as a primary textbook for undergraduate courses and introductory-level graduate courses in pubic health, medicine, nursing, social work, policy studies and social science disciplines such as medical sociology, medical anthropology, health psychology, and political science.
Author Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD is William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy, and Director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. LaVeist is also editor of "Race, Ethnicity and Health: A public health reader."