Health Disparities
This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. Health disparities refer to the differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality and burden of diseases that exist among specific demographic groups as defined by age, gender, race, education or income, disability, living in rural localities or underdeveloped areas or having same sex orientation. Health disparities exist when a specific group bears a disproportionate share of negative health outcomes (disease, disabilities and death) compared to the general population. The listed resources cover health disparities in the United States and do not encompass library resources on global health disparities.
Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias,
dictionaries / Selected
textbooks / More books /
Selected journals /
More journals /
Selected indexes and abstracts /
Selected journal articles
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More reference sources /
Specialized sources /
Selected electronic sources
LaVeist, Thomas A. Minority populations and health: an introduction to health disparities in the United States. 1st .ed.
WA 300 L284 2005Aday, Lu Ann. At risk in America: the health and health care needs of vulnerable populations in the United States. 2nd.ed.
WA 540 .AA1 A32 2001Kilty, Keith M. and Elizabeth A. Segal, (eds.). Rediscovering the other America: the continuing crisis of poverty and inequality in the United States.
HV 4045 R424 2003
Health Policy Tracking Service. Major health care policies: fifty state profiles, 2001 / a publication of the Health Policy Tracking Service; National Conference of State Legislatures.
REF WA 540 .AA1 H276 2002Hidden costs, value lost: uninsurance in America / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.
W 250 .AA1 H42 2003
Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
Smedley, Brian D., et al. (eds.). Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care/Committe on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Board on Health Sciences Policy. Institute of Medicine of The National Academies.
WA 300 U546 2003Morgan, Kathleen O'Leary and Scott Morgan (eds.). Health care state rankings 2003: health care in the 50 United States, 10th ed.
REF WA 900 .AA1 M673 2003Caspar, Michele L., et al. Atlas of stroke mortality: racial and geographic disparities in the United States
REF WL 16 A842 2003
Baxter, Carol, (ed.) Managing diversity and inequality in health care.
W 84.1 M266 2001Kass, Barbara L. et al. Disparities and gender gaps in women's health, 1996: health insurance, access to care, health status.
WA 900 .AA1 K27 2001
de Chesnay, Mary, (ed.) Caring for the vulnerable: perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research. 1st ed.
WY 106 C274 2005Aguirre-Molina, Marilyn and Carlos W. Molina, (eds.) Latina health in the United States : a public health reader.
Wa 309 L274 2003Byrd, W. Michael and Linda A. Clayton. An American health dilemma: a medical history of African Americans and the problem of race.
WB 720 B972 2000Quality through collaboration : the future of rural health / Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care. Board on Health Care Services.
WA 390 Q144 2005Literacy and health outcomes : Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 87 / prepared for Agency for healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
WA 590 L574 2004Mason, Tom et al, (eds.). Stigma and social exclusion in healthcare.
W 84 .FA1 S7 2001
Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog
International journal for equity in health (e-journal)
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
The American journal of public health
The Journal of rural health
Journal of health and social behavior
National vital statistics reports: from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Suggested subject headings: Public Health - Periodicals Social Medicine - Periodicals Community Health Services - Periodicals Epidemiology - Periodicals
Selected indexes and abstracts
Index Medicus & MEDLINE (off-campus; on-campus) Database
Suggested subject headings: Health Services Accessibility Socioeconomic Factors Ethnic Groups Minority Groups Medical Indigency Medically Underserved Area Medically Uninsured Rural Health
MasterFILE Premier (off-campus; on-campus)
Search using keywords: Health Disparities Health Services Accessibility Medically Uninsured Discrimination in Medical Care Minorities Health & Hygiene
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature & CINAHL (off-campus; on-campus) Database
Search using keywords: Health Services Accessibility Minority Groups Socioeconomic Factors Medically Underserved Medically Uninsured Indigent Persons Poverty
Morales LS, et al. Mortality among very low - birth weight infants in hospitals serving minority populations. American Journal of Public Health.. 2005 December; 95(12) : 2206-12.
Davis R, et al. Race, genetics, and health disparities. A community resilience approach to reducing ethnic and racial disparities in health. American Journal of Public Health. 2005 December; 95(12) : 2168-73.
Macinko, James A, et al. Annotated bibliography on equity in health, 1980-2001. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2002 April 22; 1 : 1-20.
Shoultz J, et al. Reducing health disparities by improving quality of care: lessons learned from culturally diverse women. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2006 January - March; 21(1) : 86 - 94.
Siminoff LA, et al. Access and equity to cancer care in the USA: a review and assessment. Postgraduate Medical Journal . 2005 Nov; 81 (961) : 674-9.
Lancaster KJ, et al. Dietary intake and risk of coronary heart disease differ among ethnic subgroups of black Americans. Journal of Nutrition . 2006 February; 136(2) : 446-51.
America's health : UnitedHealth Foundation state health rankings.
REF WA 16 A437 2004Polednak, Anthony P. Segregation, poverty, and mortality in urban African Americans.
WA 30 P643 1997Sadye, L. Logan and Edith M. Freeman, (eds.). Health care in the Black community: empowerment, knowledge, skills, and collectivism.
WA 300 H414 2000Nielsen-Bohlman, Lynn et al (eds.). Health literacy : a prescription to end confusion/Committee on Health Literacy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health.
WA 590 H414 2004Eliason, Michele J. Who cares?: institutional barriers to health care for lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons.
WA 300 E442 1996
The Mississippi state health plan 2003 developed by the Health Planning Staff of the Mississippi State Department of Health.
REF 540 .AM7 M73 2003Ku, Leighton, et al. Health policy for low-income people in Mississippi.
HG 9397.5 .M7 H4 1998Amy, Brian W. et al. Hinds County health profile 2003
REF WA 540 .AM7 H46 2003Betancourt, Joseph MD. Unequal treatment: IOM report [videorecording]
UMC ARCHIVES W 50 T278u 2004
Department of Medicine. (601)982-1133
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Herman A. Taylor, MD; FACC. mailto:htaylor@medicine.umsmed.edu
NIH: National Institute of Health. Health Disparities.
http://ncmhd.nih.govUS Department of Health and Human Resources. Office of Minority Health.
http://www.omhrc.gov/omhhome.htmHealthfinder - your guide to reliable health information. Minority Health.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=551&refine=1NRHA: National Rural Health Association. Ensuring Access, Quality & Equity in Rural health Care
http://www.nrharural.orgAmerican Public Health Association: Minority Health
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Office of Minority Health
Author:
Helvi McCall Price
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