Diversity and Inclusion

This book explores the social inequality of clinical drug testing and its effects on scientific results. Drawing on two years of fieldwork in clinics, it illustrates how decisions to take part in such studies are often influenced by poverty and lack of employment opportunities.

This volume focuses on the American Indian, in whom disparities in health are particularly severe. In a disease-specific format, health disparities in the American Indian are identified and discussed, with an emphasis on causes and solutions.

This book outlines the specific challenges faced by the Latinx population in US health care, including language barriers, unfamiliarity with the medical system, lack of insurance, access issues, monetary factors and the fears surrounding undocumented immigrants.

In this volume, the authors explore the urgent problem of racial inequities and biases, which often prevent people of color from seeking mental health services--leading to poor outcomes if and when they do receive treatment.

This book illustrates how successful community engagement strategies, programs and resources within Indigenous communities have resulted in diverse, successful public health programs and helped community members overcome barriers to health.

This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships and the medical system.

This volume is being published at a critical time in U.S. history and serves as a comprehensive and much-needed update to what is known about Latinx health. As both the United States and Latinx subgroups experience demographic shifts, it is critical to examine the current epidemiology of Latinx health, as well as the factors influencing the health and well-being of this growing population.

This book is a practical reference for clinicians caring for racially and ethnically diverse adolescents seeking to effectively identify and address the social structures and factors that influence their health and well-being to promote health equity.

In this book, Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American healthcare system and in American society that cause Black people to "live sicker and die quicker" compared to their white counterparts.

This book explores racial inequities, as well as the 10-year gap in life expectancy between our healthiest and unhealthiest big cities.