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Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 142 (J-B ACE Single Issue Adult & Continuing Education) - Softcover
Minority status in the United States often accompanies diminished access to education, employment, and subsequently health care. This volume explores factors that have contributed to health disparities among racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities.
Focused on developing strategies for understanding these disparities and promoting wellness in minority communities, the authors highlight social forces such as racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, and homophobia, which continue to influence not only access to and quality of care but also perception and trust of health care professionals. The authors identify several common themes, including the importance of communication, intentional and unintentional discriminatory structures, and perhaps most significantly, the role of culturally relevant learning sites.
This is the 142nd volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
Focused on developing strategies for understanding these disparities and promoting wellness in minority communities, the authors highlight social forces such as racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, and homophobia, which continue to influence not only access to and quality of care but also perception and trust of health care professionals. The authors identify several common themes, including the importance of communication, intentional and unintentional discriminatory structures, and perhaps most significantly, the role of culturally relevant learning sites.
This is the 142nd volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
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Minority status in the United States often accompanies diminished access to education, employment, and subsequently healthcare. This volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education explores factors that have contributed to health disparities among racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. Focused on developing strategies for understanding these disparities and promoting wellness in minority communities, the authors highlight social forces such as racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, and homophobia, which continue to influence not only access to and quality of care but also perceptions and trust of healthcare professionals. The authors identify several common themes, including the importance of communication, intentional and unintentional discriminatory structures, and perhaps most significantly, the role of culturally relevant learning sites. Scholars, adult educators, and healthcare professionals will benefit from these insights. This sourcebook is the first to address the concern of disparities and discrimination in healthcare experienced by racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities, but hopefully will not be the last to examine these issues within adult education.
About the Author:
Joshua C. Collins, Ed.D., is an assistant professor of adult and lifelong learning at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. Dr. Collins' research interests focus on four areas: (1) racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities; (2) learning, identity, and organizational culture; (3) critical human resource development, and (4) publishing and professional development. Dr. Collins is the author of dozens of publications, including scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He is currently working on several book proposals.
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- PublisherJossey-Bass
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1118916433
- ISBN 13 9781118916438
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages112
- EditorCollins Joshua C., Rocco Tonette S., Bryant Lawrence O.
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