Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease

Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease discusses ethnicity from a medical perspective. The book is comprised of 35 chapters that are grouped into four sections.
The text first covers the background issues concerning the relationship between ethnicity and health. The next part deals with topics related to epidemiology, such as the health of migrants and interethnic comparison of cardiovascular disease. Next, the book tackles the sociology of health; this part covers occupational status, housing, and racism. The last part discusses the specific medical aspects, including pregnancy, viral infections, and cardiovascular disease.
The book will be of great use to medical researchers and practitioners. Professionals dealing with ethnicity, such as sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists will also benefit from this book.

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Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Preface
Contributors
Section I Background Issues
1 Migration, Ethnicity, Health and Disease
2 The Changing Nature of Populations: The British Example
3 General Approaches to Migrant Studies: The Relation between Disease,Social Class and Ethnic Origin
4 Genetic Versus Environmental Influences on Disease: Perspectives from Obesity in Particular Populations
5 Molecular Markers of Ethnic Groups
Section II Epidemiology
6 The Health of Migrants in England and Wales: Causes of Death
7 Epidemiological and Clinical Comparison of Cardiovascular Disease in Blacks and Whites in the USA
8 Blood Pressure in Urban and Rural East Africa: The Kenyan Luo Migrant Study
Section III Sociology
9 Sociology of Race and Health
Section IV Specific Medical Aspects
10 Pregnancy
11 Viral Infections of Pregnancy and Childhood
12 Hematological and Clinical Aspects of Sickle Cell Disease in Britain
13 Thalassemia Screening: Ethics and Practice
14 Running a Sickle Cell Center: Community Counseling
15 Sickle Cell Screening and its Value in Jamaica
16 Rheumatic Disorders and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
17 Cancer in Migrant Populations: A Study in Singapore
18 Human Retroviruses: Human T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Virus (HTLV-I) and Disease
19 HTLV-I-Associated Lymphomas/Leukemias: The Jamaican Experience
20 Tropical Myeloneuropathies: The Jamaican Experience
21 Psychiatric Practice and Ethnic Minorities
22 Ethnic Factors in Psychoses
Part A A Picture from Birmingham, UK
Part B A Perspective from Nottingham, UK
Part C Psychiatric Hospital Admissions in North London
23 Tuberculosis
24 Sarcoidosis
25 Nutritional Patterns and Deficiencies
26 Features of Gujarati, Punjabi and Muslim Diets in the UK
27 Diets and Food Habits in the Indian Subcontinent
28 Nutrition of Asian Children: Fetus and Newborn
29 Nutrition of Asian Children: Infants and Toddlers
30 Food Type Preferences and Trends among Afro-Caribbeans in Britain
31 Cardiovascular Disease in Black and Indian Origin Populations outside the USA
Introduction
Part A Ischaemic Heart Disease in People of Indian Subcontinent Origin
Part B Continuing Rarity of Ischaemic Heart Disease in Afro-Caribbeans in the West Indies and the UK, and in West Africa
Part C An Outline of Cerebrovascular and Renal Disease
Part D The Natural History of Blood Pressure in Black Populations in the West Indies, West Africa and The UK: A Comparison with the USA
32 Ethnicity, Lipoproteins and Haemostatic Factors
33 Diabetes: Contrasts between Peoples of Black (West African), Indian and White European Origin
34 Management of Hypertension in the Caribbean: The Jamaican Perspective
35 Diabetes Mellitus and its Management in the Caribbean
Index