Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy

• Published in: Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 83 - 85
• Main Author: Jackson, Eric R
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• 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
• ISSN: 0888-6601

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.