Poverty and place : cancer prevention among low-income women of color /
This book examines ways in which cancer health disparities exist due to class and context inequalities. The volume demonstrates that poverty is a health issue because it erodes the social, political, and economic support systems that enhance well-being and healthy lifestyles necessary for human deve...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1988358 |
Obsah:
- Introduction: cancer in the face of race, poverty, and place: an introduction
- Social determinants of health and their influence on health disparities in the St. Louis metropolitan area
- Cancer disparities by site
- Health behaviors, lifestyles, and prevention
- From theories to practice, into feasible solutions
- Conclusion: poverty and public health
- References
- About the authors.