Handbook of Minority Aging

Keith E. Whitfield, PhD, is Director of the Center on Biobehavioral and Social Aspects of Health Disparities, Director, Developmental Psychology Program, and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University.Tamara A. Baker, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida.

• Preface Part IPsychology of minority aging 1. Introduction: PSYCHOLOGY: RISING AS A DISCIPLINE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF AN AGING, INCREASINGLY DIVERSE SOCIETYCleopatra M. Abdou, James S. Jackson2. MINORITY AGING BEFORE BIRTH AND BEYOND: LIFESPAN AND INTERGENERATIONAL ADAPTATION THROUGH POSITIVE RESOURCESCleopatra M. Abdou3. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH AMONG MINORITY OLDER ADULTSKaren D. Lincoln4. RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AMONG OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS, ASIANS, AND HISPANICSLinda M. Chatters, Ann W. Nguyen, Robert J. Taylor5. STRESS, DISCRIMINATION, AND COPING IN LATE LIFEVerna M. Keith6. Correlates of cognitive aging in racial/ethnic minoritiesAdrienne Aiken-Morgan, Keith E. Whitfield, Melanie A. Paige Part IIPublic Health/Biology 1. INTRODUCTION: MINORITIES, AGING, AND HEALTHKyriakos S. Markides, Kerstin Gerst-Emerson2. RACE/ETHNICITY AND DISABILITY AMONG OLDER AMERICANSNeil K. Mehta, Nikkil Sudharsanan, Irma T. Elo3 RACE/ETHNICITY, MORTALITY AND LONGEVITYRobert A. Hummer, Jennifer Melvin, Connor Sheehan, Ying-Ting Wang4. WHAT DOES KNOWING ABOUT GENETICS CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH OF MINORITY ELDERS?Keith E. Whitfield, Marvella E. Ford, Christopher Edwards5. MINORITY ELDERS: NUTRITION AND DIETARY INTERVENTIONSMaciej S. Buchowski, Mohamad Sidani, James S. Powers6. TWO APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING HEALTH INTERVENTIONSFOR ETHNIC MINORITY ELDERS: FROM SCIENCE TO PRACTICE AND FROM PRACTICE TO SCIENCESue Levkoff, Hongtu Chen, Martha Norton7. STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR MINORITY POPULATIONSD. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Steven P. Wallace8. DOES HEALTHCARE QUALITY CONTRIBUTE TO DISPARITIES? AN EXAMINATION OF AGING AND MINORITY STATUS ISSUES IN AMERICAToni P. Miles, Matthew L. Smith Part IIISocial Work of minority aging 1. INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL WORK AND MINORITY AGING2. END-OF-LIFE CARE AMONG OLDER MINORITIESKaren Bullock, Jodi K. Hall, Monica T. Leach3. AGING IN PLACEPhilip McCallion4. RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY OLDER ADULTS IN NURSING HOMES: NEED FOR CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARENamkee G. Choi5. THE COMPLEXITIES OF CAREGIVING FOR MINORITY OLDER ADULTS: REWARDS AND CHALLENGESCaroline Rosenthal Gelman, Catherine J. Tompkins, Emily S. Ihara6. OLDER ADULTS OF COLOR WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS: EXPERIENCES AND SERVICE PATTERNSSandy Magaña, Subharati Ghosh7. THE PRODUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANICS, ASIANS AND NATIVE AMERICANSNancy Morrow-Howell, Yi Wang8. THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AND THE NEXUS OF AGING AND DIVERSITYFernando Torres-Gil, Kimberly Spencer Suarez, Brittany L. Rudinica Part IVSociology of Minority Aging1. INTRODUCTION: SOCIOLOGY OF MINORITY AGINGRoland J. Thorpe and Jacqueline J. Angel2. THE DEMOGRAPHY OF MINORITY AGINGKerstin Gerst-Emerson, Jeffrey A. Burr3. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MINORITY ELDERSPeggye Dilworth-Anderson, Tandrea S. Hilliard4. INFORMAL SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINO, ASIAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS OLDER ADULTSRobert Joseph Taylor, Elise Hernadez, Emily Nicklett, Harry Owen Taylor, Linda M. Chatters 5. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF ETHNIC MINORITY FAMILIES AND AGING: FAMILISM AND BEYONDMarta Rodríguez-Galán6. INTERSECTIONS AMONG GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH Kristine J. Ajrouch, Sawsan Abdulrahim 7. UNDERSTANDING AGE AT ONSET AND SELF-CARE MANAGEMENT TO EXPLAIN RACIAL AND ETHNIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DISPARITIES IN MIDDLE- AND OLDER-AGE ADULTSRonica N. Rooks, Roland J. Thorpe8. AGE IN PLACE AND PLACE IN AGE:ADVANCING THE INQUIRY ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND MINORITY OLDER ADULTSJessica A. Kelley-Moore, Roland J. Thorpe9. WORK AND RETIREMENTJoelle Saad-Lessler, Teresa Ghilarducci, and Karen Richman10. PUBLIC POLICY, THE WELFARE STATE, AND OLDER MINORITY AMERICANSRonald J. Angel 11. MEDICARE AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATIONRobert Weech-Maldonado, Rohit Pradhan, M. Paige Powell