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Am I My Brother's Keeper? African American Men's Health Within the Context of Equity and Policy
- Source :
- American Journal of Men's Health, Vol 10 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- African American men’s health has at times been regarded as irrelevant to the health and well-being of the communities where they are born, grow, live, work, and age. The uniqueness of being male and of African descent calls for a critical examination and deeper understanding of the psycho-socio-historical context in which African American men have lived. There is a critical need for scholarship that better contextualizes African American Male Theory and cultural humility in terms of public health. Furthermore, the focus of much of the social determinants of health and health equity policy literature has been on advocacy, but few researchers have examined why health-related public policies have not been adopted and implemented from a political and theoretical policy analysis perspective. The purpose of this article will be to examine African American men’s health within the context of social determinants of health status, health behavior, and health inequalities—elucidating policy implications for system change and providing recommendations from the vantage point of health equity.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Social Determinants of Health
Health Behavior
lcsh:Medicine
Public policy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Sociology
Social determinants of health
Cultural Competency
Health policy
030505 public health
Public health
Health Policy
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Gender studies
Health Status Disparities
Health equity
United States
Black or African American
Government Programs
Health promotion
Social Class
Men's studies
Health education
0305 other medical science
Men's Health
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15579891
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of men's health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....910e4d68dfe5273391692b23cdaec276