Review
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1997.
- PMID: 23115810
- Bookshelf ID: NBK109836
- DOI: 10.17226/5237
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Review
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans
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The overarching goal of the committee's 1994 workshop, which was sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, was to make progress in understanding the extent to which racial and ethnic differences reflect differences in socioeconomic status, health-promoting behaviors, access to health care, genetics, and other factors.
Copyright © 1997, National Academy of Sciences.
Sections
- COMMITTEE ON POPULATION
- CONTRIBUTORS
- THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mortality at Older Ages
- 3. Health and Disability Differences Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
- 4. Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Late Life
- 5. How Health Behaviors and the Social Environment Contribute to Health Differences Between Black and White Older Americans
- 6. Black-White Differences in the Use of Medical Care by the Elderly: A Contemporary Analysis
- 7. Are Genetic Factors Involved in Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late-Life Health?
- 8. Differences in Rates of Dementia Between Ethno-Racial Groups
- 9. Cardiovascular Disease Among Elderly Asian Americans
- 10. Health Status of Hispanic Elderly
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This workshop was supported by funds from the National Institute on Aging through grant No. SES 9116694 by the National Science Foundation to the National Academy of Sciences for activities of the Committee on Population, and by Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute on Aging.
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