Handbook of African American Health

1. Conceptual, Operational, and Theoretical Overview of African American Health Related Disparities for Social and Behavioral Interventions
Anthony J. Lemelle

2. Ethics and Intervention Programming
Cynthia Hudley

3. Health, Nutrition, Access to Healthy Food and Well-Being Among African Americans
Angela J. Hattery, Earl Smith

4. Promoting Physical Activity in Black Children and Adolescents: Intervention Strategies Health Practitioners Have Put into Play
Raegan A. Tuff, Billy Hawkins

5. Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities: Using Mass Media Campaigns to Prevent Smoking and Increase Cessation in Underserved Populations
Jane A. Allen, Donna M. Vallone, Amanda K. Richardson

6. Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning
Wornie Reed

7. Contemporary Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Community Violence Among African American Youth
Duane E. Thomas, Elizabeth M. Woodburn, Celine I. Thompson, Stephen S. Leff

8. Factor Structure and Expression of Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample of African American Adolescents Living in Urban Public Housing
Von E. Nebbitt, Andridia Mapson, Ajita Robinson

9. Rites of Passage: Cultural Paths for HIV/AIDS Prevention in African American Girls
Donna Shambley-Ebron

10. Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: Is Racism-Related Stress a Missing Piece of the Puzzle?
Paula Braveman

11. African American Women and Breast Cancer: Interventions at Multiple Levels
Sarah Gehlert, Eusebius Small, Sarah Bollinger

12. Prevention of Risky Sexual Behaviors Among African American Men
Benjamin P. Bowser

13. Post-prison Community Reentry and African American Males: Implications for Family Therapy and Health
Armon R. Perry, Michael A. Robinson, Rudolph Alexander, Sharon E. Moore

14. Beyond the Myth: Addressing Suicide Among African American Males
Michael A. Robinson, Armon R. Perry, Sharon E. Moore, Rudolph Alexander

15. Increasing Cultural Competency Among Medical Care Providers
Wornie Reed, Ronnie Dunn, Kay Colby

16. Tailoring Health Interventions: An Approach for Working with African American Churches to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Marlyn Allicock, Marci Kramish Campbell, Joan Walsh

17. Process Evaluation of a Nursing Support Intervention with Rural African American Mothers with Preterm Infants
Margaret Shandor Miles, Suzanne Thoyre, Linda Beeber, Stephen Engelke, Mark A. Weaver, Diane Holditch-Davis

18. Interventions to Provide More Equitable Health Care: Emerging Evidence and Next Steps
Marcia J. Wilson, Bruce Siegel, Vickie Sears, Jennifer Bretsch, Holly Mead

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, Public Health/Gesundheitswesen, Community and Environmental Psychology