This article provides an overview of the contribution of sociologists to the study of racial and
ethnic inequalities in health in the United States. It argues that sociologists have made four …

Health inequalities, which have been well documented for decades, have more recently
become policy targets in developed countries. This review describes time trends in health …

Individuos de diferentes orígenes, grupos sociales y países gozan de diferentes niveles de
salud. En este artículo se define y se distingue entre desigualdades en salud inevitables y …

Eliminating health disparities is a Healthy People goal. Given the diverse and sometimes
broad definitions of health disparities commonly used, a subcommittee convened by the …

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice provides theories, perspectives, and strategies that
are useful for working with adults from privileged groups—those who are in a more powerful …

Background: Screening mammography guidelines do not explicitly consider racial
differences in breast cancer epidemiology, treatment, and survival. Objective: To compare …

The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized
nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outcomes including life …

Over the past decade, researchers have shifted their focus from documenting health care
disparities to identifying solutions to close the gap in care. Finding Answers: Disparities …

Background Racial and ethnic disparities in health status are pervasive at all stages of the
life cycle. One approach to reducing health disparities involves mobilizing community …

Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of
addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical …