At Risk in America, 7 X 10: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States (The Jossey-Bass Health) [Hardcover]

Lu Ann Aday (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 1993 | ISBN-10: 1555425038 | ISBN-13: 978-1555425036 | Edition: 1st

A Look at High Risk Groups

The characteristics and needs of all groups who are high risk--the homeless, immigrants, people with AIDS, alcohol and substance abusers, and victims of domestic or other violence--are illustrated in this comprehensive reference guide. The author gives a systematic and cross-cutting overview of the issues that affect all these groups--whether physical, mental, or socioeconomic--and discusses the steps necessary to achieve a community-oriented health policy that can be effective in decreasing their vulnerability.

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"Aday has brought together an extraordinary amount of valuable information on America's most vulnerable populations. This resource will be helpful to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners." —David Mechanic, director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University

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At the same time that homelessness, AIDS, drug addiction, and other social problems continue to increase throughout the United States, the country's health care system is facing a deepening financial crisis. While these trAnds affect everyone, many groups are confronting disproportionate risks of poor healthand of receiving inadequate medical care. Who are these groups? What do they have in common? And what can be done to improve their opportunities and their health care?Lu Ann Aday has undertaken extensive research on vulnerable populations, and in this book she provides a comprehensive reference on the characteristics and needs of many at-risk groups in America today--including the homeless, refugees and immigrants, people with AIDS, alcohol and substance abusers, high-risk mothers and infants, victims of domestic or other violence, and the chronically or mentally ill. Aday offers a systematic and cross-cutting overview of the issues that affect all these groups, and she discusses the steps necessary to achieve a more community--oriented health policy that can be effective in decreasing vulnerability. Looking at all groups who are high risk--whether due to physical, mental, or socioeconomic needs--Aday provides a framework for identifying and studying vulnerable populations* data on their needs and on the trAnds occurring in these populations* an analysis of the issues regarding access to cost, and quality of care* a review of policies and programs developed to address their needs, and* a discussion of research and policy initiatives that could be undertaken to reduce their vulnerability.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (February 24, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555425038
• ISBN-13: 978-1555425036
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,401,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Risk in America, January 6, 2009

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This review is from: At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Hardcover)

This book is a great reference for thesis and dissertation writers in the area of population risk!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Info, August 23, 2001

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This review is from: At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Hardcover)

I thought that the book provided some good information, especially the latter half of the book which offered possible solutions and to improve the health situation of the populations that she identified as vulnerable. I wish the earlier chapters, which identify the vulnerable populations and the circumstances that increase their risk, were slightly more in depth. Overall, there is some strong data and Aday presents a pretty good look into the problem of the disproprtioante health risks that many people in America face.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At Risk in America, February 11, 2011

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This review is from: At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Hardcover)

Very interesting book to read and not only for student but for others as well. It gives a better understanding of who and why are those populations are vulnerable and how everyone of us can help.