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Stephen J. Kunitz - Regional Cultures and Mortality in America, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Regional Cultures and Mortality in America

Av Stephen J. Kunitz

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Across the contiguous 48 states, populations in states with more activist civic cultures have lower mortality than states that do not follow this model. Several different factors can be pointed to as causes for this discrepancy - net income, class inequality, and the history of settlement in each of the different states and regions. These observations are true of Non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans but not of American Indians, and Hispanics, neither of which is fully integrated into the state political culture and economy in which it resides. In Regional Cultures and Mortality in America, the struggles these various populations face in regard to their health are explored in terms of where they reside.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-12-15
  • Mått: 160 x 240 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 530 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 265
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107079632
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Stephen J. Kunitz is Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Much of his past research has been focused on the Navajos in the American Southwest. He is the author of Disease Change and the Role of Medicine: The Navajo Experience (1983); as well as co-author, with J. E. Levy, of Indian Drinking: Navajo Practices and Anglo-American Theories (1974); Navajo Aging: The Transition from Family to Institutional Support (1991); Drinking Careers: A Twenty-Five Year Follow-Up of Three Navajo Populations (1994); and Drinking, Conduct Disorder, and Social Change: Navajo Experiences (2000). He is also the author of Disease and Social Diversity (1994) and The Health of Populations (2007). He held a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Investigator Award in 2002-6 and is the recipient of two Fulbright awards.

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'This is a masterly and important study from one of the leading and most historically knowledgeable analysts of diverse health trends. The deep knowledge that Dr Kunitz draws from his highly productive career enables him to combine a coherent synoptic vision with illuminating case studies that explore the distinct health fortunes of indigenous and Hispanic populations. This is history that policy makers urgently need to know and to reflect on.' Simon Szreter, St John's College, Cambridge

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