Product Description: The female inmate population in the United States has exploded in the past two decades, increasing nearly six-fold. The U.S. correctional system, however, has not expanded its health care to provide for this growing population of women...read more

Health Concerns of Black Americans This is an important book--a vital source for policy makers and for all citizens concerned with issues of importance to the nation and to the black community. --John E. Jacob, president and CEO, National Urban League, Inc. A detailed look at how health risks such as AIDS, chemical depAndency, cancer, violence, sickle-cell anemia, infant mortality, and lead poisoning are affecting the black community. It offers health professionals helpful strategies for providing improved health care and disease prevention efforts to this population.

Product Description: In Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community, Professor Ronald Braithwaite and his colleagues examine the phenomenon of coalition building with respect to diverse problems and situations they have encountered in their research...read more

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