Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy

395 pp., ISBN 978-0-8131-4123-7) reviewed by Eric R. Jackson (Book Review Editor, The Journal of Pan African Studies; jacksoner@nku.edu) Associate Professor, Department of History and Geography; Director - Black Studies Program; Northern Kentucky University and Barbara J. Jackson, (bj_jackson@rocket...

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Published inJournal of Pan African Studies Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 83 - 85
Main Author Jackson, Eric R
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles Journal of Pan African Studies 01.04.2015
Itibari Zulu
Subjects
African Americans
Cancer
Essays
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health services
Mortality
Political leadership
Public health
Womens health
United States > US
Kentucky
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Summary:395 pp., ISBN 978-0-8131-4123-7) reviewed by Eric R. Jackson (Book Review Editor, The Journal of Pan African Studies; jacksoner@nku.edu) Associate Professor, Department of History and Geography; Director - Black Studies Program; Northern Kentucky University and Barbara J. Jackson, (bj_jackson@rocketmail.com) BSN and Registered Nurse As the education and income of persons of color in the United States have increased over the past half century, the mortality rate of African Americans have gradually declined. [...]Schoenbaum, Osborn, and Squires conclude that the health care system of the United States can be improved on all levels because "it is possible to find a variety of best practices that merit widespread replication" in our nation's health care system (245). [...]perhaps more important, the volume contains no self-contained essay on African Americans or Hispanic/Latino Americans in the area of public health.
ISSN:0888-6601
1942-6569