At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States
Editorial Reviews
Review
"This updated and extended portrait of America's most vulnerable populations provides an extraordinary amount of important information for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and students. Aday reliably presents the challenges in reducing risk and improving health in the years ahead." (David Mechanic, director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University)
"As we bask in the longest economic boom in history and an unprecedented accumulation of wealth, Aday relentlessly reminds us of the dire health needs of our vulnerable populations. This new edition will be as valuable as the first was to researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and ethicists." (Mary Ruggie, professor, J. F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
"Lu Ann Aday has done it again. The second edition of At Risk in America will be an indispensable resource for health care providers, public health officials, and health services researchers, and it should be taken especially seriously by anyone concerned with health care policy in the United States." (Bruce C. Vladeck, professor of health policy and geriatrics, and director, Institute for Medicare Practice, Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
"A useful book for health care practitioners, teachers, researchers, and students of public health. Highly Recommended." (Choice, 12/01)
"What makes Aday's contribution significant is her methodical identification of groups that exist in the midst of a land of plenty, yet are not necessarily living the American dream." (Nephrology Nursing Journal, April 2002)
Book Description
This updated second edition of At Risk in America provides a detailed analysis of those key population groups most vulnerable to disease and injury in the United States today-including homeless persons, refugees and immigrants, people living with AIDS, alcohol and substance abusers, high-risk mothers and infants, victims of family or other violence, and the chronically or mentally ill. Lu Ann Aday reviews the major theories and knowledge concerning these at-risk groups and offers new approaches and methodologies for tracing the social determinants and societal influences on health. She examines the specific health needs and risks faced by these groups, their experience in the health care system, the current policies and programs that serve them, and the research and policy initiatives that might be undertaken to help reduce their vulnerability.
At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States
At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States,Lu Ann Aday,Jossey-Bass,0787949868,Diet/Nutrition,Government - U.S. Government,Government policy,Health & Fitness,Health Care Issues,Health Care Policy,Health Policy,Health Services For Special Classes,Medical care,People with social disabilitie,People with social disabilities,Politics / Current Events,Poor,Public Policy - Social Policy,United States,Health systems & services,Medical / Public Health,Public health & preventive medicine,USA
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