Health and health care concerns among women and racial and ethnic minorities /edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Cover; Health and Health Care Concerns Among Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Authors; Part I: Introduction to Volume; Health, Health Care, and Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Women, Gender, and Health and Health Care; Race and Ethnicity; Review of Contents of the Volume; References; Part II: Women and Reproductive Related Health and Health Care Concerns; The Relationship of Pregnancy Intentions to Breastfeeding Duration: A New Evaluation; Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Duration; The Role of Planning.

Data and MethodsOutcome, Predictor, and Control Variables; Analytic Strategy; Findings; Any Breastfeeding; Exclusive Breastfeeding; Control Variables; Conclusion; References; Taking Insurance in Abortion Care: Policy, Practices, and the Role of Poverty; Introduction; Methods; Sample Characteristics; Analysis; Results; Identifying Insurers; The Costs of Accepting Public Insurance; The Costs of Accepting Private Insurance; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; The Patient-Healthcare Worker Relationship: How Does It Affect Patient Views towards Vaccination during Pregnancy?; Introduction.

Fieldwork and Interpretive ApproachImpact of Social Influences on Vaccination Decisions; Understanding the Importance of Trust in the Government, the NHS and the Healthcare Worker; Empowerment; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; An Examination of State-Level Mandates for Insurance Coverage on Health-Seeking Behaviors for Infertility; Introduction; Behavioral Model of Health Service Utilization; State-Level Insurance Mandates; Infertility; Hypothesis; Data and Methodology; Analytic Strategy; Results; Conclusion; References; Part III: Health Care Practitioners and Health and Health Care.

Bearing the Burden of Care: Emotional Burnout among Maternity Support WorkersIntroduction; MSWs; Emotional Burnout and Maternity Support Work; Burnout: Mitigating and Aggravating Factors; Work-Family Conflict; Overwork; Emotional Intelligence; Positive and Negative Birth Experiences; Views of Common Medical Procedures; Unethical Mistreatment; Cesarean Sections; Hospital Wellness Programs; Hypotheses; Data and Methods; Dependent Variable; Independent Variables; Methods; Results; Discussion; Limitations and Future Research; Conclusion; References; Appendix.

"Lost in Translation": How Clinicians Make Sense of Structural Barriers to Diabetes Care among US Latinos with Limited English ProficiencyIntroduction; Methods; Sample Description; Research Approach and Design, Data Collection, and Data Analysis; Findings; Barriers to Care and the Limits of Medical Discourse; Discussion; Practice and Policy Implications and Recommendations; Acknowledgments; References; Racial Residential Segregation and the Distribution of Auxiliary Health Care Practitioners Across Urban Space; Introduction; Literature Review and Theoretical Framework.

This volume covers macro- and micro-level issues involving health and health care concerns for women, and racial and ethnic minorities. The book includes an examination of health and health care issues of patients/providers of care especially those related to concerns for women and for racial and ethnic minorities in different countries.

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