Main description:

With a focus on how to improve the effectiveness and cultural competence of clinical services and research, this authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on both the physical and psychological health of African Americans today. In chapters that follow a consistent format for easy reference, leading scholars from a broad range of disciplines review risk and protective factors for specific health conditions and identify what works, what doesn't work, and what might work (i.e., practices requiring further research) in clinical practice with African Americans. Historical, sociocultural, and economic factors that affect the quality and utilization of health care services in African American communities are examined in depth. Evidence-based ways to draw on individual, family, and community strengths in prevention and treatment are highlighted throughout.

Winner--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award

Contents:

I. Foundations of African American Health 1. The Strengths and Challenges Facing African Americans: Building Culturally Competent Practices with Communities and Families, Richard Briscoe, Gwen McClain, Teresa Nesman, Jessica Mazza, and Maxine Woodside 2. Historical Trauma, Kristin N. Williams-Washington 3. Beyond Tuskegee: Why African Americans Do Not Participate in Research, Peter Edmund Millet, Stacey Kevin Close, and Christon George Arthur 4. Spirituality and the Power of Religion, Donelda A. Cook 5. Well-Being and Resilience, Ruth Chu-lien Chao 6. Evidence-Based Practice, Aminifu R. Harvey, Oliver J. Johnson, Annie McCullough-Chavis, and Tamara M. Carter 7. Pharmacotherapy in African Americans, David C. Henderson 8. Engaging African Americans in Outpatient Mental Health Interventions, Reginald D. Simmons and Gretchen Chase VaughnII. Health Issues for African Americans 9. Obesity, M. Kathleen Figaro, Rhonda BeLue, and Bettina M. Beech 10. Asthma, Michelle M. Cloutier 11. Diabetes, M. Kathleen Figaro, Verla M. Vaughan, and Freida Hopkins Outlaw 12. Cardiovascular Disease, Charles H. Hennekens, Wendy R. Schneider, and Robert S. Levine 13. Cancer, Derrick J. Beech 14. Tobacco Use, Tamika D. Gilreath, Guy-Lucien Whembolua, and Gary King 15. Anxiety, Angela Neal-Barnett, Lori E. Crosby, and Bernadette Blount Salley 16. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jacquelyn Duval-Harvey and Kenneth Rogers 17. Major Depressive Disorder: Meeting the Challenges of Stigma, Misdiagnosis, and Treatment Disparities, Rahn Kennedy Bailey, Holly L. Blackmon, and Francis L. Stevens 18. Schizophrenia, William B. Lawson and Shana Jeanelle Gage 19. Suicide, Donna Holland Barnes 20. Child Maltreatment, Brenda Jones Harden and Jamell White 21. Intimate Partner Violence, Jaslean J. La Taillade, Robert L. Hampton, Marcus Pope, and April R. McDowell 22. Pathways to Prison, Deborah J. Burris-Kitchen Epilogue, Robert L. Hampton and Thomas P. Gullotta