Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, Health Disparities in Youth and Families offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal—and protective—factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal variables, including the roles of family identity, school, and neighborhood, and motivation toward health awareness (with attention paid to less frequently studied phenomena such as within-group inequalities and the Hispanic Health Paradox). Contributors approach their subjects with realism as well as optimism as the book: • Provides reliable information on the scope and etiology of health disparities. • Identifies the methodological and political challenges associated with this issue. • Proposes comprehensive, integrative models for understanding disparities. • Features examples of innovative programs for improving minority health. • Includes an in-depth chapter on substance use and mental health among Native American youth. • Offers a useful starting point for the exchange of ideas necessary to address health disparities. A provocative resource on a pressing social concern, Health Disparities in Youth and Families is necessary reading for health policy researchers, health care providers, and others dedicated to better health outcomes for all Americans
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation Volume 57
Series Editor Debra A. Hope Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Gustavo Carlo · Lisa J. Crockett · Miguel A. Carranza Editors
Health Disparities in Youth and Families Research and Applications
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Editors Gustavo Carlo Department of Psychology University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, USA
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Lisa J. Crockett Department of Psychology University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, USA
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Miguel A. Carranza Department of Sociology University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0324, USA
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ISSN 0146-7875 ISBN 978-1-4419-7091-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7092-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7092-3 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936341 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The volume editors for this 57th volume of the Nebraska Symposium on Moti