Segregation, Poverty, and Morality in Urban African Americans

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Anthony P. Polednak (Epidemiologist, Epidemiologist, Connecticut Department of Public Health Services, USA)

Segregation, Poverty, and Morality in Urban African Americans

Anthony P. Polednak (Epidemiologist, Epidemiologist, Connecticut Department of Public Health Services, USA)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 March 1997

Black & Asian studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Medical screening; Hygiene; Environmental factors; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Environmental medicine

The potential impact of segregation on the health of African-Americans is an intriguing and controversial topic that draws from the areas of epidemiology and the social sciences. Epidemiologists have recently turned to the study of racism and health, but epidemiologic studies have not dealt specifically with black-white segregation and health. This book examines mortality rates for African-Americans in selected U.S. urban areas in relation to both social class and the degree of black-white residential segregation. Despite allowances for economic disparity, mortality rates for African-American infants and young adults are shown to be especially high in certain highly-segregated areas--a traditional indicator of low levels of social progress. Polednak includes previously unpublished analyses of the findings along with data from prior calendar years and the 1990 U.S. census. He uses the statistical method (multiple linear regression) to analyze poverty rates and levels of segregation amongst African-Americans. The author's discussion of social and health issues fits within the framework of Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal's ""American dilemma"" thesis that the American creed of egalitarianism, equal opportunity and freedom from discrimination remains unfulfilled. The conclusions are expected to foster interest, on behalf of both epidemiologists and sociologists, in what may be termed the ""epidemiology of American apartheid""--a specialized field of research with concrete relevance to social and health policy. Beside the book's primary audience--epidemiologists and public health practitioners--this volume is intended to appeal to sociologists, especially medical sociologists, who are likely to be familiar with segregation but not with its potential relevance to the health of African-Americans. Psychologists interested in racial discrimination are important potential collaborators with sociologists and epidemiologists in studies of the epidemiology of racial difference in health. Social workers, urban studies experts, and social and health policy-makers will find much relevant material in this book as well. This work fits within the framework of Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal's thesis that the American creed of equality of opportunity remains unfulfilled.

By: Anthony P. Polednak (Epidemiologist Epidemiologist Connecticut Department of Public Health Services USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 506g
ISBN: 9780195111651
ISBN 10: 0195111656
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 March 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony P. Polednak, Ph.D., is Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, and an epidemiologist with the Connecticut Department of Public Health at Hartford. He has numerous publications in the areas of public health and cancer epidemiology.

Reviews for Segregation, Poverty, and Morality in Urban African Americans

""A well-conceptualized and thought-provoking book which should be of interest to anyone concerned with the complex relationship between race, inequality and health today.""--Social Development Issues