Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda (2004)
Chapter: Appendix: Contents, Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Appendix
Contents, Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
The papers in Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life (National Research Council, 2004) were originally presented in March 2002 at the Panel’s Workshop on Ethnic Disparities in Aging. They were subsequently modified to incorporate the comments of discussants at the workshop, panel members, and reviewers. The papers and the workshop discussion contributed significantly to the panel’s work and this report.
1. Introduction
Barney Cohen
THE NATURE OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
2. Racial and ethnic identity, official classifications, and health disparities
Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck
3. Racial and ethnic disparities in health and mortality among the U.S. elderly population
Robert Hummer, Maureen Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers
4. Ethnic differences in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux
KEY CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
5. The life-course contribution to ethnic disparities in health
Clyde Hertzman
6. Selection processes in the study of racial and ethnic differentials in adult health and mortality
Alberto Palloni and Douglas Ewbank
7. Immigrant health—Selectivity and acculturation
Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith
THE SEARCH FOR CAUSAL PATHWAYS
8. Genetic factors in ethnic disparities in health
Richard Cooper
9. Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health
Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward, and Teresa Seeman
10. The role of social and personal resources in ethnic disparities in late-life health
Carlos Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass
11. What makes a place healthy? Neighborhood influences on racial/ethnic disparities in health over the life course
Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John Lynch
12. Racial/ethnic disparities in health behaviors: A challenge to current assumptions
Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin
13. Cumulative psychosocial risks and resilience: A conceptual perspective on ethnic health disparities in late life
Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang
14. Significance of perceived racism: Toward understanding ethnic group disparities in health, the later years
Rodney Clark
15. A neurovisceral integration model of health disparities in aging
Julian F. Thayer and Bruce H. Friedman
16. Geography and racial health disparities
Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner
THE CHALLENGE OF IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
17. Behavioral health interventions: What works and why?
David M. Cutler
TWO INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
18. Ethnic disparities in aging health: What can we learn from the United Kingdom?
James Y. Nazroo
19. An exploratory investigation into racial disparities in the health of older South Africans
Debbie Bradshaw, Rosana Norman, Ria Laubscher, Michelle Schneider, Nolwazi Mbananga, and Krisela Steyn
