Health Issues for Minority Adolescents

Crisp, clean and tight with only a trace of shelf wear to blue cloth boards. DJ has a small missing piece from rear, light to moderate edge and corner wear, and a few small closed tears and sun faded spine.; Children, Youth, and Family Services; 1.17 x 9.29 x 6.36 Inches; 273 pages

From Publisher:

Adolescents are an underserved group in terms of health care. Poor and minority youth are particularly shortchanged in our current system. In view of the high incidence of many medical and psychological syndromes associated with poverty and discrimination, this situation is paradoxical.

This book examines both common and unique health issues associated with a number of different groups--African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian-American, and Hawaiian--and explores the role of traditional and nontraditional treatments for each. The chapters represent a compendium of the most up-to-date studies summarized by leading researchers and include specific recommendations for improving health care services, which will prove valuable to providers and those concerned with public policy. The authors conclude that unless greater attention and resources are devoted to these youth, the consequences will continue to be dire, both for the groups involved and for society as a whole.

Product Info

ISBN: 0803227329

ISBN-13: 9780803227323

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Year: 1996

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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