Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land: A Role for Epigenomic and Environmental Interaction

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Synopsis
This stimulating volume uses multiple lenses to analyze the complex causes of health disparities affecting minorities, in particular African Americans, and explains how this knowledge can be used to reduce their destructive effects. Pinpointing genetic, non-genetic, and epigenetic factors underlying health conditions common to the population—including heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer—the author traces intricate links among these factors in the current environmental and social context. The section on non-genetic factors in health disparities, such as social determinants and health behaviors, adds depth to the ongoing discourse on public health and health policy objectives. And the chapters on gene/environment interactions outline the vast potential for developing new multidisciplinary frontiers in shrinking health inequities and personalizing care.Included in the coverage: The African diaspora and disease-specific disparitiesThe genetic basis to health disparitiesThe role of epigeneticsEconomic factors and healthPsychological issues and how they affect disparitiesGene-environment interactions in health disparitiesRace, a biological or social conceptCompelling and accessible, Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land will challenge and inspire medical students, epidemiologists, public health professionals, biomedical research scientists, and social scientists to go farther in their work. A wider audience would include policymakers, government officials, nurses, physicians, lawyers, economists, community outreach investigators, and interested general readers.
Copyright:
2017

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ISBN-13:
9783319558653
Related ISBNs:
9783319558646
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Springer International Publishing, Cham
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Medicine, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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