Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Amid its growing diversity and shifting demographics, the U.S. is still home to glaring health inequities by race, ethnicity, and class. Yet while it is customary to identify poverty as their root cause, other complex mechanisms are involved in their perpetuation. Based on recent major studies on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American populations, "Health Disparities in Youth and Families" offers a thorough, nuanced examination of a wide range of causal - and protective - factors. Rigorous theories and models take into account cultural, contextual, and personal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding ethnic/racial health disparities in youth and families in the US / Gustavo Carlo ... [and others] -- The face of the future: risk and resilience in minority youth / Ana Mari Cauce ... [and others] -- How money matters for children's socioemotional adjustment: family processes and parental investment / Vonnie C. McLoyd -- School racial/ethnic diversity and disparities in mental health and academic outcomes / Sandra Graham -- Social identity, motivation, and well being among adolescents from Asian and Latin American backgrounds / Andrew J. Fuligni -- The beginnings of mental health disparities: emergent mental disorders among indigenous adolescents / Les B. Whitbeck -- Understanding the Hispanic health paradox through a multi-generational lens: a focus on behaviour disorders / William A. Vega and William M. Sribney.