African-American health: the role of the social environment
dc.contributor.author | Williams, David R. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T16:27:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T16:27:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Williams, David R.; (1998). "African-American health: the role of the social environment." Journal of Urban Health 75(2): 300-321. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45781> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-2869 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1099-3460 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45781 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=9684243&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Cooper and colleagues have noted that the forces affecting the health of minority populations are the same forces, on a less intensive scale, that affect the health of the overall population. 90 That is, we can view the health of the African-American population as the visible tip of an iceberg. This tip of the iceberg is a function of the average health of the entire population. Thus, an effective strategy must address not only the tip, but also should attack the entire iceberg and reduce the risk that it is creating throughout the population. Similarly, Wallace and Wallace have shown how the mechanisms of hierarchical diffusion, spatial contagion, and network diffusion lead to the spread of health and social problems initially confined in inner cities to suburban areas and smaller cities. 91 That is, because of the economic links typing various communities together, there are mechanisms that will ensure the diffusion of disease and disorder from one area to another. If unaddressed, the problems of stigmatized and marginalized urban populations will have adverse impacts on the health, well-being, and quality of life of the more affluent. Thus, investments that will improve the social conditions of a marginalized population can have long-term positive health and social consequences for the entire society. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag; New York Academy of Medicine | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Medicine & Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Health Informatics & Health Administration | en_US |
dc.title | African-American health: the role of the social environment | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Medicine (General) | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, 48106, Ann Arbor, MI | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 9684243 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45781/1/11524_2006_Article_BF02345099.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02345099 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Urban Health | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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