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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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awduron: Wells, Anjanette (Awdur), Thompson, Vetta L. Sanders (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1988358
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.