Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Other Social Characteristics as Factors in Health and Health Care Disparities

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is Professor Emerita in the Sociology Program, Sanford School of Social/Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, USA. Her research areas are medical sociology and aging with a special focus on health policy, health care utilization and health behavior. She is co-editor of Health and Associate Editor-In-Chief, American Journal of Health Promotion. She is a past chair of Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association and past President of Sociologists for Women in Society.

• Part 1 – Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. contextChapter 1. The Impact of Racial Discrimination on Health Disparities among Asian Americans; Hyunsu OhChapter 2. Mental Health Disparities in Children of Caribbean Immigrants: How Racial/Ethnic Self-identification Informs the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Depressive Symptomatology; Fabrice Stanley Julien, and Patricia DrenteaChapter 3. Healthcare utilization, diabetes prevalence, and comorbidities: Examining sex differences among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples; Kimberly R. Huyser, Jennifer Rockell, Charlton Wilson, Spero M. Manson, and Joan O’Connell.Chapter 4. ER Use among Older Adult RHC Medicare Beneficiaries in the Southeastern United States; Matt T. Bagwell,Thomas T.H. Wan.  Chapter 5. Barriers to Healthcare Access for a Native American Tribe in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States; Jessica L. Liddell. Part 2 – Gender Chapter 6. Hyperemesis Gravidarum: What to Expect When You Are Expecting…NOT!; Roksana Badruddoja. Chapter 7. Social Status and White Fragility: Gender and Socioeconomic Variations; Andrew H. Mannheimer, Adrienne Milner,Kelsey E. Gonzalez,Terrence D. Hill. Chapter 8. The Intersection of Social Determinants of Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences for Incarcerated Women in San Bernardino County; Nicole Henley,Annika Y. Anderson. Part 3 – Hospitals and Health Care Spending  Chapter 9. Coercive conformity: does mandated reporting of hospital errors improve patient safety; Maureen Walsh Koricke,Teresa L. Scheid.  Chapter 10. It’s the Politics, Stupid: Why More “Skin in the Game”Will Not Help Control US Health Care Spending;Claudia Chaufan. Part 4 – Research from India Chapter 11. Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Older People in Residential Academic Campus of Higher Education in India; Tulika Bhattacharyya,Suhita Chopra Chatterjee,Debolina Chatterjee.  Chapter 12. Why do AIDS-sufferers on antiretroviral therapy die early? Evidence from Jharkhand in India; Rajeev Kumar,Damodar Suar,Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya,Sanjay Kumar Singh.