FRONT COVER -- ISSUES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE RELATED TO RACE/ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, SES AND GENDER -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- SECTION I: RACE/ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, SES AND GENDER, AS FACTORS IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ISSUES AND RACE/ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, SES AND GENDER AS SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES LINKING TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND HEALTH CARE USE -- RACE/ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, AND HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- SES AND HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- GENDER AND HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- SECTION II: RACE/ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, AND SES -- OBESITY IN MEXICAN-AMERICAN ADULTS: INTERPLAY OF IMMIGRANT GENERATION, GENDER, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE -- HYPOTHESES -- DATA AND METHOD -- MEASURES -- ANALYTIC STRATEGY -- UNIVARIATE RESULTS -- MULTILEVEL REGRESSION RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER REGION: A HEALTH NARRATIVES APPROACH -- INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW -- CONTEXT AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- VIEWS OF JAPANESE IMMIGRANT WOMEN ABOUT CARE AS THEY AGE -- METHODS AND DATA -- IS IT SEKENTEI OR SOMETHING ELSE? -- AVOIDING PUTTING BURDEN ON OFFSPRING -- POSITIVE VIEW TOWARD FORMAL CARE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TWO SIDES OF THE POTOMAC: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES' HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES IN VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, DC -- HEALTH CARE AMONG IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES -- SHIFTING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE POLICY AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES -- METHODS -- SAMPLE DESCRIPTION -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.

ETHNICITY AND THE USE OF ''ACCEPTED'' AND ''REJECTED'' COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL THERAPIES IN CANADA: EVIDENCE FROM THE CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AND ACCESS TO HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW -- DATA -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION III: GENDER -- GENDERING AFFECTIVE DISORDERS IN DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER ADVERTISEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ''MORE THAN BOOBS AND OVARIES'': BRCA POSITIVE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE NEGOTIATION OF MEDICALIZATION IN AN ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD -- MEDICALIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION -- THE EXPERIENCE OF (POTENTIAL) ILLNESS -- THE INTERNET AND EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CLOSE-CALLS THAT OLDER HOMEBOUND WOMEN HANDLED WITHOUT HELP WHILE ALONE AT HOME -- BACKGROUND -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION IV: POLICY ISSUES AND RACE/ETHNICITY -- COUNTERVAILING INFLUENCES OF BLACK AND WOMEN LEGISLATORS ON STATE AGE FRIENDLINESS -- CONTRASTING PRIORITIES FOR ELDERS' WELFARE ACROSS SEX AND ETHNICITY -- LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE OF SEX AND ETHNICITY: IMPORTANT EXPLANATORY VARIABLES? -- RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES AND WORKER EXPERIENCES IN HOME HEALTH CARE: THE NATIONAL HOME HEALTH AIDE SURVEY -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.