Social Determinants of Health among African-American Men -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- 1 Introduction to Social Determinants of Health among African-American Men -- The Health Status of African-American Men -- Why This Book Is Needed: Social Determinants of Health and African-American Men -- Social Determinants of Health Status -- Social Determinants of Health Behavior -- Social Determinants of Health Care -- The Need to Apply the Social Determinants of Health Model to the Health of African-American Men -- Research and Programs -- Social Policy -- Health Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- References -- Part One Social Determinants of Health Status -- 2 Implications of Racism for African-American Men's Cancer Risk, Morbidity, and Mortality -- African-American Men and Cancer -- Cultural Racism and the Social Environment -- Cultural Racism -- Social Environment -- Race-Based Residential Segregation and the Built Environment -- Discussion -- Policy Implications and Recommendations -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- References -- 3 Social Determinants of Depression and the Black Male Experience -- Depression in Black Men -- Social Determinants of Depression for Black Men -- Employment and Socioeconomic Status -- Kinship and Social Support -- Masculinities -- Stress -- Incarceration -- Methodological Challenges to the Clinical and Epidemiologic Assessment of Black Men -- Policy Implications -- Lessons Learned -- Recommendations for Addressing Depression in Black Men -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 4 Psychosocial Health of Black Sexually Marginalized Men -- Mental Health Outcomes -- Oppressive Attitudes and Beliefs: Racism and Homonegativity -- Relationship Functionality.

Identity Development -- Cross's Nigrescence Model and Troiden's Sexual Identity Development Model -- Coming-Out and Unique Features of Identity Development among BSMM -- Violence, Discrimination, and Harassment -- Sexually Marginalized Men -- Black Men -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 5 Parental Incarceration as a Social Determinant of Male African-American Adolescents' Mental Health -- How Incarceration Adversely Affects Adolescents' Communities -- How Incarceration Adversely Affects Adolescents' Families -- Acts of Omission -- The Role of Parental Incarceration in Family Adversity -- How Parental Incarceration Directly Affects Adolescents -- Posttraumatic Stress -- Ambiguous Loss -- Stigmatization -- Parental Incarceration, Adolescents' Mental Health, and Pathways of Intergenerational Incarceration -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 6 The Impact of Reentry from Incarceration on the Health of African-American Men -- Prisoner Reintegration and African-American Men: Scope of the Problem and Impact on Society -- African-American Men: Disparities in Legal Treatment under the U.S. Criminal Justice System -- Public Health and African-American Prisoner Reintegration -- Incarceration and Reentry of African-American Men: Impact on the African-American Family -- Restricted Postincarceration Resources and the African-American Ex-Offender -- Closing the Disparity Gap for the African-American Ex-Offender -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 7 Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hypertension in African-American Men: The Pitt County Study -- Literature Review and Conceptual Framework -- Methods -- Study Participants -- Measurement of Blood Pressure -- Measurement of Childhood SEP -- Measurement of Adulthood SEP -- Measurement of Life-Course SEP -- Covariates.

Descriptive Variables -- Statistical Analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Policy Implications -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Part Two Social Determinants of Health Behavior -- 8 Social Determinants of Medical Mistrust among African-American Men -- Significance and Sociohistorical Underpinnings of Medical Mistrust among African-American Men -- Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Model -- Methods -- Recruitment Procedure and Research Settings -- Measures -- Data Analytic Strategy -- Results -- Bivariate and Correlational Analyses -- Hierarchical Regression Analyses -- Mediation Analyses -- Discussion -- Study Limitations and Strengths -- Policy Implications -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Author Note -- 9 Beyond Gay, Bisexual, or DL: Structural Determinants of HIV Sexual Risk among Black Men in the United States -- Sexual Orientation over Structure: A Critical Mistake -- Gay, Heterosexual, and Bisexual: Labels and Limitations -- Structural Considerations of HIV Sexual Risk among Black Men -- Black Men Speak about the Structural Contexts of Their Lives -- Provide, Hustle, and Survive: Masculinity and Gender Role Pressure -- Struggling and Being a Target: Protecting Black Men against Racism -- Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) among Black MSM -- A Common Ground Approach to HIV Prevention for Black Men -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 10 Social Determinants of Substance Abuse among Older African-American Men -- History of Illicit Drug Use in African-American Communities -- Racial Residential Segregation -- Targeted Marketing of Commodities -- Media Images -- Family -- Emulation of an Admired Person or Lifestyle -- Environment -- Emulation -- Theoretical Framework for Illicit Drug Use in Older African Americans -- Policy Implications -- The Organizing Concepts.

Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- References -- Part Three Social Determinants of Health Care -- 11 Prejudiced Providers: Unequal Treatment as a Determinant of African-American Men's Health -- Health Care Inequities Affecting African-American Men: An Overview -- The Role of Provider-Level Factors in Health Care Inequities Affecting African-American Men -- The Social Determinants of Health Care Interactions and Health Care Decisions in Health Care Encounters with African-American Men -- Reducing Provider-Level Health Care Inequities Affecting African-American Men -- Conduct Interventions That Reduce Racial Bias -- New Legislation to Address Health Care Discrimination -- Increase the Number of African-American Physicians -- Increase Research on Provider-Level Health Care Inequities -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 12 The Impact of the Correctional Health Care System on HIV/AIDS and the Health of African-American Men -- Correctional Health Care -- A Public Health Approach to Correctional Health Care -- HIV and AIDS in Correctional Institutions -- Intravenous Drug Use -- Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, and Other STIs in Correctional Institutions -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Part Four Addressing Social Determinants of Health Inequities -- 13 Building Communities of Opportunity: Pathways to Health for African-American Men -- The Roots of Health Disparities -- Race, Poverty, Geography -- Cornerstones of Community Transformation -- Policy Implications -- Revitalize Disinvested Communities -- Expand Opportunities for Employment -- Invest in Human Development and Build a Skilled Workforce -- Emphasize the Justice in the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References.

14 One City's Attempt at Treating the Effects of Social Inequities in African-American Men: Lessons Learned -- Denver Community Context -- Understanding the Issue -- Health Status -- System Utilization -- Men Identify Barriers to Health Care -- Program Model -- Community Reentry from Jail -- Marketing -- Men's Health Initiative Results -- Sustainability -- Policy Implications -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 15 The Impact of Invisibility: The Way Forward -- Poor Men, Access to Care, and the Global and U.S. Health Care System -- A Necessary Reflection: Individual Health and Health Care -- The Health of African-American Men -- Social Determinants of Health and the African-American Man -- Social Movements: The Feminist Movement and the African-American Male -- Time Out for Talk: Time for Action -- Invisible No More -- Policy Recommendations -- Participatory, Evidence-Based Programs and Research -- Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder -- Reenergizing the American Dream -- A National Policy Commitment for African-American Men -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 16 Criminal Justice and Other Public Policies as Determinants of Health and Well-Being for African-American Men -- Brief History of the Marginalization of African-American Men in the United States -- Criminalization of Being Black -- The Beginning of a Prison-Centered Trajectory -- African-American Men and the Social and Economic Determinants of Their Health -- It's about the Policy -- Persistently Poor Communities -- War on Drugs -- The Way Forward -- Community Support and Treatment -- Level the Playing Field -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 17 Social Determinants of Health and Black Men: The Culture of Empowerment and the Policy Process.

Social Determinants of Health and Black Men: The Culture of Empowerment and the Policy Process.

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