Front cover -- Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care and Linkages to Policy, Population Concerns and Providers of Care -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Section I: Disparities in Health and Health Care Basic Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Social sources of disparities in health and health care: An introduction to the volume -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social sources of disparity and socioeconomic status -- The federal government, newer research and health and health care disparities -- Review of organization of the book -- References -- Section II: Racial and Ethnic Factors in Disparities in Health and Health Care Utilization -- Chapter 2. Different measures, different mechanisms: A new perspective on racial disparities in health care -- Why different measures suggest different mechanisms -- The case of health screenings -- Data and methods -- Which black women are more likely to be screened? -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3. How do American black, white, hispanic, and Asian health care users perceive their medical non-adherence? -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4. Disparities in primary care by race and ethnicity among medicaid children in California -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- Results -- Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 5. Social sources of disparities in use of complementary and alternative medicine -- Basic underlying principles of CAM as linked to its history -- Types of CAM and ways to categorize CAM -- Use of CAM -- Integration of CAM and conventional care -- Future CAM research: Beyond social differences in use -- References -- Chapter 6. Racial and socioeconomic disparities in use of long-lasting contraception -- Introduction -- Data and methods.

Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section III: Income, Ses, and Cultural Capital in Disparities in Health and Health Care Delivery -- Chapter 7. Critical review of the evidence for the connection between education and health: A guide for exploration of the causal pathways -- Introduction -- Socioeconomic position and health -- Proposed pathways linking education and health -- Biologic mechanisms -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 8. The influence of childhood poverty on the self-management of heart disease in later life -- Introduction -- Childhood disadvantage and the influence on health -- Theoretical perspective: Cumulative advantage/disadvantage -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. The role of cultural capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and health outcomes: the case of hemodialysis patient compliance -- The role of cultural capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and health outcomes: The case of hemodialysis -- Factors related to patient compliance with hemodialysis -- Theoretical framework -- Data and methods -- Measures -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Section IV: Providers, Facilities and Health Disparities -- Chapter 10. Distinguishing quality of nursing facility long-term care from stringency of enforcement -- Introduction -- Methods -- Variables -- Results -- Discussion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11. Hurt running from police? No chance of (pain) relief: The social construction of deserving patients in emergency departments -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section V: Locally Oriented Studies in Health Disparities.

Chapter 12. Emerging community approaches for eliminating health disparities: A preliminary investigation of commonalities and differences -- Introduction -- Background - social ecological approaches -- Community approaches for eliminating health disparities -- Findings: commonalities and differences in community-based approaches -- Implications -- References -- Chapter 13. Effects of household assets upon rural residents' self-reported physical and emotional well-being -- Financial assets -- Supports -- Community Ties -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Public policy implications -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14. Disparities in health care among Vietnamese New Orleanians and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina -- Introduction -- Background -- Data and methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References.