Vulnerable Populations in the United States
Author: Gregory D Stevens
" . . . an excellent primer for undergraduates and graduate students interested in vulnerable populations and health disparities." -- New England Journal of Medicine, July 7, 2005
"I have reviewed a number of books looking for meaningful content to help my students understand and work with vulnerable populations. This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable book on the topic." -- Doody's Reviews, 2005
". . .combines thoughtful, coherent theory with a large amount of information available in a single source. It will prove to be a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, teachers, and students alike for years to come." -- Journal of the American Medical Association, April 20, 2005
Vulnerable Populations in the United States offers in-depth data on access to care, quality of care, and health status and updates and summarizes what is currently known regarding the pathways and mechanisms linking vulnerability with poor health and health care outcomes. Written by Leiyu Shi and Gregory D. Stevens, this book provides a coherent, well-integrated, general framework for the scientific study of vulnerable populations—a framework that is compatible with the focus of public health policy and the Healthy People initiative. The comprehensive volume Vulnerable Populations in the United States
• Discusses the determinants of vulnerability using a broad framework that includes both social and individual determinants.
• Portrays the mechanisms whereby vulnerability influences access, quality, and health status.
• Summarizes the literature and provides empiricalevidence of disparities in health care access, quality, and outcome for vulnerable populations.
• Focuses on influences of individual risk factors and multiple risk factors .
• Reviews programs currently in place for vulnerable populations.
• Instructors material available.
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Reviewer: Mariann C. Lovell, PhD, RN (University of Cincinnati School of Nursing)
Description: This book thoroughly examines the issue of vulnerability, from concept to empirical evidence of the determinants of vulnerability to the evaluation of programs that address vulnerable populations in the United States. It is logically organized and provides current data using easy-to-understand charts, graphs and tables.
Purpose: The purpose is to call attention to the inequitable health and healthcare experiences of vulnerable populations in the United States. It proposes a framework to study the vulnerable populations and evaluates programs aimed at reducing health disparities.
Audience: According to the authors, the book is written for academics (students and researchers alike) as well as for practitioners. In my opinion, the book is very useful for healthcare workers, including nurses and physicians, program planners, such as health department administrators, and for policy makers.
Features: This is the only book that I know of that so thoroughly covers vulnerability:from presenting a well researched framework to analyzing the determinants of vulnerability to a proposal to resolve health disparities in vulnerable populations. Community determinants and the mechanisms of vulnerability are particularly well covered. The book's organization makes it easy to follow. The extensive glossary allows understanding by even the novice inquirer into vulnerable populations
Assessment: I have reviewed a number of books looking for meaningful content to help my students understand and work with vulnerable populations. This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable book on the topic.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
Table of Contents:
| 1 | A general framework to study vulnerable populations | 1 |
| 2 | The community determinants and mechanisms of vulnerability | 32 |
| 3 | Disparities in health care access, quality, and health status : the influence of individual risk factors | 85 |
| 4 | Disparities in health care access, quality, and health status : the influence of multiple risk factors | 131 |
| 5 | Current strategies to serve vulnerable populations | 171 |
| 6 | Resolving disparities in the United States | 203 |
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Author: Donald E Klingner
Reflecting contemporary political and managerial realities, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the values, conflicts, political processes, and management techniques which provide the context for personnel administration in the public sector. A five-part organization covers an introduction to the world of public personnel management, planning, acquisition, development, and sanctions. For human resources personnel—especially managers.
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Explores the world of personnel management in civil service. Fourteen chapters cover an introduction to the topic; budgeting, planning, and productivity; analysis, classification, and evaluations; pay and benefits; equal employment opportunity and affirmative action law; recruitment and promotion; leadership; staff development; performance appraisal; health and safety issues; organizational justice; collective bargaining; and human resource development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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