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Download or read book Race, Gender and Health written by Marcia Bayne-Smith and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-11-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of race and gender on the health status of nonwhite women in the United States is the theme of this book. Four distinct groups of women are examined closely: African Americans; American Indians and Alaskan Natives; Asian//Pacific Islander Americans; and Latinas. Contributors focus in particular on structural and cultural factors which affect women's health issues. The concluding chapter calls for the development of new paradigms to improve the delivery of health care for these women and for the US population as a whole.