FRONT COVER -- SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, HEALTH DISPARITIES AND LINKAGES TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME -- SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES -- HEALTH DISPARITIES -- RACE/ETHNICITY AND SES FACTORS AND DISPARITIES -- GEOGRAPHICAL AND PLACE FACTORS AND DISPARITIES -- HEALTH PROBLEMS AND DISPARITIES -- REVIEW OF CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: GEOGRAPHICAL AND PLACE FACTORS AND DISPARITIES -- ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES: UNDERSTANDING PLACE IN THE ROLE OF SOCIAL DETERMINANT INTERVENTIONS -- ESTABLISHING CONTEXT FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANT APPROACHES -- POLICY ADOPTION AND THEORETICAL ROLE OF PLACE IN SOCIAL DETERMINANT APPROACHES -- INTERVENTIONAL ROLE OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS: THE CHALLENGE OF PLACE -- APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANT-BASED PRACTICE -- IMPLICATIONS AND NEXT STEPS -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COHESION ON OLDER INDIVIDUALS' SELF-RATED HEALTH STATUS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURAL AND HIDDEN BARRIERS TO A LOCAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: AUTONOMY, DECISIONS ABOUT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, AND THE CENTRALITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF POWER -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- THE EXPORT FOCUS AREA: COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS AND HEALTH-RELATED CHALLENGES -- STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO THE LOCAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE -- HIDDEN BARRIERS TO THE LOCAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE -- STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE STRUCTURAL AND HIDDEN BARRIERS -- AUTONOMY, DECISIONS ABOUT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, AND POWER -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE EFFECTS OF RESIDENTIAL ADVANTAGES UPON RURAL RESIDENTS' SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

PART 3: RACE/ETHNICITY AND SES FACTORS AND DISPARITIES -- ETHNIC GROUP DIFFERENCES IN THE UTILIZATION OF PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE SERVICES AMONG FOREIGN-BORN ASIAN AND LATINO ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES -- INTRODUCTION -- IMMIGRANTS, ETHNICITY, AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE USE -- DATA, MEASURES, AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIRTH OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN ''FAMILIAS SANAS'' RESEARCH PROJECT -- BACKGROUND -- BARRIERS TO UTILIZATION AND RECEIPT OF CARE -- CULTURALLY GROUNDED HEALTH PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- VARIATIONS IN PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL TREATMENT: THE EFFECT OF DISSATISFACTION ON PREVENTIVE CARE AND UNMET NEED -- FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADULTS' PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH CARE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- AN APPLICATION OF THE ANDERSEN MODEL OF HEALTH UTILIZATION TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF RACE-CONCORDANT DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS IN REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS -- FINDINGS/RESULTS -- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART 4: CHRONIC CARE AND SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS -- A GENERATION SKIPPED: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF HIV/AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS -- RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS: OLDER ADULTS AND HIV/AIDS -- METHODS AND RESULTS -- RESULTS/FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- THE SOCIOLOGY OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND SELF-CARE MANAGEMENT -- MEDICAL MODELS OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CARE -- SOCIOLOGICAL MODELS OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CARE -- SOCIAL STRUCTURE, CHRONIC ILLNESS, AND SELF-CARE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES.

THE CONVERGENCE OF MEDICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL MODELS AND CLUES TO A SOLUTION -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL CAPITAL, GATEKEEPING, AND ACCESS TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION -- INTRODUCTION -- GATEKEEPING AND DISPARITIES IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT ACCESS -- SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HEALTH -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART 5: COMPARATIVE AND POLITICAL ISSUES -- CONTEXTUALIZING DISPARITIES: THE CASE FOR COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH -- WHY COMPARE? -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, PARTY IDENTIFICATION, AND PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF COGNITIVE AND MORAL PREJUDICE -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- RESEARCH ON PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.