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Population health in America / Robert A. Hummer and Erin R. Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sociology in the 21st century (University of California Press) ; 5.Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0520965299
  • 9780520965294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Population health in America.DDC classification:
  • 362.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • RA418.5.P66 H85 2019
NLM classification:
  • WA 300 AA1
Online resources:
Contents:
What is population health and why study it in the Twenty-First-century United States? -- Historical trends in U.S. population health -- U.S. population health in international context -- Spatial and social contexts of U.S. population health -- Socioeconomic status and U.S. population health -- Race/ethnicity, nativity, and U.S. population health -- Gender and U.S. population health -- Policy implications of population health science.
Summary: "Population Health in America delves into the description and explanation of the country's most important health and longevity trends and disparities. Co-authors Robert Hummer and Erin Hamilton provide a historical portrait of population health; illustrate geographic differences in population health across states and counties; and describe disparities in population health by socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status. Beyond description, Hummer and Hamilton also provide sociologically-based explanations for such trends and disparities. The book closes with a discussion of policy directions that have the potential to address the fundamental causes of U.S. population health trends and disparities"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is population health and why study it in the Twenty-First-century United States? -- Historical trends in U.S. population health -- U.S. population health in international context -- Spatial and social contexts of U.S. population health -- Socioeconomic status and U.S. population health -- Race/ethnicity, nativity, and U.S. population health -- Gender and U.S. population health -- Policy implications of population health science.

"Population Health in America delves into the description and explanation of the country's most important health and longevity trends and disparities. Co-authors Robert Hummer and Erin Hamilton provide a historical portrait of population health; illustrate geographic differences in population health across states and counties; and describe disparities in population health by socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status. Beyond description, Hummer and Hamilton also provide sociologically-based explanations for such trends and disparities. The book closes with a discussion of policy directions that have the potential to address the fundamental causes of U.S. population health trends and disparities"--Provided by publisher.

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