More on inequalities in health
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From: Nancy Krieger <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 20:07:22 -0500
Subject: MINORITY HEALTH LISTSERV MESSAGE, December 15, 1997
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Some items of potential interest to subscribers to Spirit of
1848, from
the NCHS Minority Health Listserv
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The National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes
of Health has
a series of research bibliographies that are available via
the Internet at
www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/. From this site, selections can
be made for
bibliographies on Asian Americans, American Indian and
Alaska Natives, and
Hispanics. There are references for community based health
models as
well. If you know of other electronic references, please
let us know at
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INCOME INEQUALITY REFERENCES:
Ben-Shlomo, White IR, Marmot M. Does variation in
the
socioeconomic characteristics of an area affect mortality?
BMJ1996; 312:
1013-1014.
Coulter PB. Mesuring inequality: a methodological
handbook.
London: Westview Press, 1989.
Cowell FA. Measuring Inequality. London: Prentice
Hall/
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995.
uleep HO. Mortality and income inequality among
economically
developed countries. Social Security Bulletin 1995; 58:34-50
Fiscella K, Franks P. Poverty or income inequality
as predictor
of mortality: longitudinal cohort study. BMJ 1997; 314:
1724-1727.
Judge K. Income distribution and life expectancy: a
critical
appraisal. BMJ1995; 311:1282-1287.
Kaplan GA, Pamuck ER, Lynch JW, Cohen RD, Balfour
JL.
Inequality in income and mortality in the United States:
anaylsis of
mortality and potential pathways. BMJ 1996; 312:999-1003.
Kawachi I, Kennedy BP. Health and social cohesion:
why care
about income inequality? BMJ1997; 314: 1037-1040.
Kawachi I, Kennedy BP The relationship of income
inequality to
mortality: does the choice of indicator matter? Soc Sci Med
1997; 45:
1121-1127.
Kawachi I, Levine S, Miller SM, Lasch K, Amick B.
Income
inequality and life expectancy-theory, research, and policy.
Boston: The
Health Institute, New England Medical Center, 1994. (Working
paper
No94-2.)
Kawach I, Kennedy BP, Lochner K, Prothrow-Stith D.
Social
capital, income inequality, and mortality. Am J Public
Health 1997; 87:
1491-1498.
Kennedy B P, Kawachi I, Prothrow-Stith D. Income
distribution
and mortality: cross sectional ecological study of the Robin
Hood index
in the United States. BMJ 1996; 312: 1004-1007.
Lynch JW, Kaplan GA. Understanding how inequality in
the
distribution of income affects health. J. Health Psychology
1997; 2:
297-314
McIsaac SJ, Wilkinson RG. Income distribution and
cause specific
mortality. Eur J Public Health 1997; 7: 45-53
Phillimore P, Beattie A, Townsend P. Widening
inequality of
health in northern England, 1981-91. BMJ 1994; 308:1125-8
Rogers GB. Income and inequality as determinants of
motality: An
international cross-section analysis. Popultion Studies
1979; 33:343-51
Sloggett A, Joshi H. Higher mortality in deprived
areas:
community or personal disadvantage? BMJ 1994; 309:1470-1474.
Smith GD. Income inequality and mortality: why are
they related?
BMJ1996; 312:988-999
Wilkinson RG.The epidemological transition: from
material
scarcity to social disadvantge? Daedalus 1994; 123: 61-77.
Wilkinson RG. Income distribution and mortality: a
"natural"
experiment. Sociology of Health and Illness 1990;12:
391-412.
Wilkinson RG. Income distribution and life
expectancy. BMJ
1992;12:165- 168.
Wilkinson RG " National mortality rates: the impact
of
inequality?" Am J Public Health 1992; 82;1082-1084.
Wilkinson RG. Unhealthy Societies The Afflictions of
Inequality.
London: Routledge, 1996
Wilkinson RG Income inequality summarises the health
burden of
individual deprivation. BMJ 1997; 314: 1727-1728
Wilkinson RG. Health inequalities: relative or
absolute material
standards? BMJ 1997;314: 591-594.
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Minority Health Journals
We have compiled a partial list of minority health
journals and
available websites. As more are identified, we will add them
to the
reference inventory. If you know of any minority health
journals we
have not listed, please let us know via e-mail at
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Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians
Office of the Secretary
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
655 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-3100
www.ab.umd.edu
Journal of Black Psychology
Sage Publications, Inc
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
805-499-0721
www.sagepub.com
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Sage Publications, Inc
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
805-499-0721
www.sagepub.com
Journal for Minority Medical Students
Spectrum Unlimited
4203 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70019
504-488-5100
http://www.gnofn.org/~spectrum
Journal of the National Black Nurses Association
1511 K Street NW Suite 415
Washington, DC 20005
Journal of the National Medical Association
Slack, Inc
6900 Grove Road
Thorofare, NJ 08086-9447
http://www.slackinc.com/general/jnmahome.htm
American Association of Black Cardiologist
225 Peachtree Road N.E. Suite 1420
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-582-8777
www.abcardio.org
American Society of Hypertension
515 Madison Ave Suite 1212
New York, New York 10022
212-644-0650
www.ash-us.org
Black Child
Interrace Publications
2870 Peachtree Road. Ste.264
Atlanta, GA 30355
404-633-9234
Black Child Advocate
National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Black Family
Family Publication, Inc
P.O. Box 1046
Herndon ,VA 22070-1046
Black Health
Black Health , Inc
P.O. Box 5276
FDR Station
New York, NY 10150-5276
Ethnicity and Disease
2045 Manchester Street., N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30324-4110
404-875-6263
Journal of African American Men
Transaction Publication
Transition Periodicals Consortium
Dept 3092
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
Journal of Aging and Ethnicity
Springer Publishing Co.
536 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-3955
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Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
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