Table of Contents For Edited Book                    

1. Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases: An Overview of Evolving Disparities

    - Richard Gillum

2. The Social Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans

    - Ivor Lensworth Livingston, J. Jacques Carter, Troye Mcarthy and Shaffiran Livingston

3. Cerebrovascular Disease in Black Americans: Disparities in Burden and Care

    - Gary H. Friday and Edgar Kenton

4. Hypertension a Community Perspective

   - Keith Norris and David Martins

5. End-Stage Renal Disease

   - Lawrence Agodoa

6. Issues in Addressing the Disparity in Diabetes Risk Among African Americans

  - Eugene S. Tull and Earle C. Chambers

7. Cancer Status in Black Americans

   - Ki. Moon Bang

8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma in Black Americans

   - Ki Moon Bang

9. Sickle Cell Disease: Biosocial Aspects

   - Joseph Telfair

10. Ophthalmic Disease in Blacks: Implications of Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health in the Public Health Context

   - Shaffdeen A. Amuwo, Maurice Rabb and Robert Fabian

11. Immunological Disorders

   - Marguerite Neita and Lateef Olopoenia

12. Oral Health Status and Disparities in Black Americans

   - Yolanda A. Slaughter and Joan L. Gluch

13 Communication Disorders and African Americans

   - Carolyn Stroman and Joan Payne

14. The Life Expectancy of the Black Male: Pressing Issues From the Cradle to the Grave

   - Donald R. Ware and Ivor L. Livingston

15. HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among African Americans

   - John McNeil and Kim Williams

16. Infectious Diseases Among African Americans

   - Marian McDonald, Jay K. Varma, Cynthia G. Whitney, Robert W. Pinner, Maria Cristina Rangel, Kakoli Roy, Kristi R. Fultz-Butts and Harold Margolis and Mitchell L.     Cohen,

17. Forms of Violence and Violence Prevention

   - LeRoy Reese, Alexander Crosby, LaMar Hasbrouck and Leigh A. Willis

18. Unintentional Injuries: The Burden, Risks and Preventive Strategies to Address Diversity

   - Christine M. Branche, Ann M. Dellinger, Julie Gilchrist, Sarah J. Olson and David A. Sleet

19. The Illicit Drug use and Adverse Consequences: Impact on Black Americans

   - Howard Chilcoat and James C. Anthony

20. African Americans and Alcohol Use: Implications For Intervention and Prevention

   - Frederick Harper, Teresa Grant and Kimberly Montgomery(Robinson)

21. Disparate African American and White Infant Mortality Rates in the United States

   - Jane Otado, Chinua Akukwe and James W. Collins

22. The Mental Health of African Americans

   - Colwick Wilson and David Williams

23. Vulnerability of African Americans to Adverse Health: The Importance of Social Status and Stress

   - Ivor Lensworth Livingston, Robert Brown, Jr., and Shaffiran Livingston

24. Nutrition Concerns of Black Americans

   - Deborah Blocker and Ivis Forrester-Anderson

25. Physical Activity in Black Americans

- Carlos J. Crespo and Ross E. Andersen

26. Reproductive Health Disparities Among African American Women

- Diane Rowley and Yvonne Fry

27. The Role of the Family in African American Health

   - Hector F. Myers, Angela T. Echiverri and Brandi N. Odom

28. Disparities in Medication Use, Action and Prescribing For African Americans

   - Akima Howard, Carolyn Ford and Hugh McLean

29. 24-7 On the Front Line: African Americans and the Emergency Department Experience

   - Reynold Trowers

30. Homelessness and Health Problems Among African Americans

   - Richard English and Faryal Ross-Sheriff

31. African Americans, Spirituality and Health: The Impact on Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors

32. Health, Disparity and the Older Population: Greater Disparity Between Black and White, or Within White?

   - Ron Carmichael and Jacqueline Smith

33. Rural Health of African Americans: A Complex Frontier

   - Mark Eberhardt

34. School Reform Meets Prevention Science: Toward Insuring More Hopeful Futures for African American Children

   - Wade Boykin and Robert J. Jagers

35. Complementary and Alternative Health Practices in the Black Community

   - Eric J. Bailey and Jacqueline A. Watson

36. Behind Bars: An Examination of Race and Health Disparities

   - Vernetta Young , Rebecca Reviere and Yaw Ackah

37. Environmental Racism: Its Causes and Solutions

   - Sheila Foster

38. Outreach To African American Communities: From Theory To Practice

    - Brian K. Gibbs and Deborah Prothrow-Stith

39. Health Policy and the Politics of Health Care For African Americans

    - Samuel L. Brown

40. African Americans and Access to Health Care: Trends In the Use of Health Services

    - Llewellyn Cornelius

41. African Americans in the Health Care Workforce: Underrepresentation and Health Disparities

    - Sterling King and Richard J. Enochs

42. Geographic Information Systems Perspective on Black American Health

    - Joseph Oppong and Sara Garcia

43. The Human Genome: Implications For the Health of African Americans

    - Georgia Dunstan and Charmaine D.M. Royal

44. Ethnic Disparities in Transplantation: A Strategic Plan For Their Elimination

   - Clyde O Callender, Patrice V. Miles, Margruetta B. Hall and Sherilyn Gordon

45. Transforming Structural Barriers To Improve the Health of African Americans

    - Collins Airhihenbuwa, J. DeWitt Webster and Titilayo Oladosu-Okoror

46. Issues Surrounding the Involvement of African Americans in Clinical Trials and Other Research

   - Oscar E. Streeter, Aloysius Cuyjet, Keith Norris and Kevin Hylton

47. Understanding and Improving the Health of African Americans: A Suggested Framework

   - Ivor L. Livingston and J Jacques Carter