Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land

1. Introduction: The African Diaspora and Disease-Specific Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

Part I. Genetic Factors

2. Genetic Basis of Health Disparity
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

3. The Role of Epigenetics
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

Part II. Non-Genetic Factors

4. Economic Factors and Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

5. Social Determinants and Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

6. Behavior and Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

7. Health Literacy Deficits
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

8. The Impact of Culture on Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

9. Psychological Factors and Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

Part III. Gene-Environment Interactions

10. Gene-Environment Interactions in Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

11. Race: a Biological or Social Concept
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

12. Translating Health Disparities
Bernard Kwabi-Addo

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Epidemiology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Human Genetics, Ethnicity Studies