Handbook of African American Health (eBook)

Robert L. Hampton, PhD, is Professor of Sociology and Social Work, and former Provost/Executive Vice President, at Tennessee State University. He previously served as President and as Professor of Social Sciences at York College of the City University of New York, and has also served on the faculties of the University of Maryland, College Park; Connecticut College; and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hampton has published extensively in the field of family violence and is one of the founders of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community. Thomas P. Gullotta, MA, MSW, is CEO of Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc., and a member of the Psychology and Education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. His publications include the coedited Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and he is editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology Award from the Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association. Raymond L. Crowel, PsyD, is Vice President for Human Service Systems at ICF International. He is responsible for the development and implementation of ICF International's National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center, focused on strengthening the national child welfare system of care. Dr. Crowel served as Director of Child and Adolescent Services for Baltimore Mental Health Systems and was on the faculty of the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Throughout his career in both public service and private practice, Dr. Crowel has focused on the role of mental health in the promotion of healthy development in children and families.

I. Foundations of African American Health1. The Strengths and Challenges Facing African Americans: Building Culturally Competent Practices with Communities and Families, Richard Briscoe, Gwen McClain, Teresa Nesman, Jessica Mazza, and Maxine Woodside2. Historical Trauma, Kristin N. Williams-Washington3. Beyond Tuskegee: Why African Americans Do Not Participate in Research, Peter Edmund Millet, Stacey Kevin Close, and Christon George Arthur4. Spirituality and the Power of Religion, Donelda A. Cook5. Well-Being and Resilience, Ruth Chu-lien Chao6. Evidence-Based Practice, Aminifu R. Harvey, Oliver J. Johnson, Annie McCullough-Chavis, and Tamara M. Carter7. Pharmacotherapy in African Americans, David C. Henderson8. Engaging African Americans in Outpatient Mental Health Interventions, Reginald D. Simmons and Gretchen Chase VaughnII. Health Issues for African Americans9. Obesity, M. Kathleen Figaro, Rhonda BeLue, and Bettina M. Beech10. Asthma, Michelle M. Cloutier11. Diabetes, M. Kathleen Figaro, Verla M. Vaughan, and Freida Hopkins Outlaw12. Cardiovascular Disease, Charles H. Hennekens, Wendy R. Schneider, and Robert S. Levine13. Cancer, Derrick J. Beech14. Tobacco Use, Tamika D. Gilreath, Guy-Lucien Whembolua, and Gary King15. Anxiety, Angela Neal-Barnett, Lori E. Crosby, and Bernadette Blount Salley16. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jacquelyn Duval-Harvey and Kenneth Rogers17. Major Depressive Disorder: Meeting the Challenges of Stigma, Misdiagnosis, and Treatment Disparities, Rahn Kennedy Bailey, Holly L. Blackmon, and Francis L. Stevens18. Schizophrenia, William B. Lawson and Shana Jeanelle Gage 19. Suicide, Donna Holland Barnes20. Child Maltreatment, Brenda Jones Harden and Jamell White21. Intimate Partner Violence, Jaslean J. La Taillade, Robert L. Hampton, Marcus Pope, and April R. McDowell22. Pathways to Prison, Deborah J. Burris-KitchenEpilogue, Robert L. Hampton and Thomas P. Gullotta