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Is a one-of-a-kind book in presenting a link between epigenetic and environmental interaction in understanding health disparities among the African diaspora
Discusses multiple ways in which environmental factors can influence health outcomes and reduce risk for different types of diseases
Also discusses how the knowledge of genetic variance in different populations can be explored as biomarkers for disease detection and in precision medicine
Aims to increase understanding of how environmental factors can influence gene expression and health outcomes in different racial and ethnic populations
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Genetic Factors
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Gene-Environment Interactions
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Back Matter
About this book
This stimulating volume uses multiple lenses to analyze the complex causes of health disparities affecting minorities, in particular African Americans, and explains how this knowledge can be used to reduce their destructive effects. Pinpointing genetic, non-genetic, and epigenetic factors underlying health conditions common to the population—including heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer—the author traces intricate links among these factors in the current environmental and social context. The section on non-genetic factors in health disparities, such as social determinants and health behaviors, adds depth to the ongoing discourse on public health and health policy objectives. And the chapters on gene/environment interactions outline the vast potential for developing new multidisciplinary frontiers in shrinking health inequities and personalizing care.
Included in the coverage:
- The African diaspora and disease-specific disparities
- The genetic basis to health disparities
- The role of epigenetics
- Economic factors and health
- Psychological issues and how they affect disparities
- Gene-environment interactions in health disparities
- Race, a biological or social concept
Compelling and accessible, Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land will challenge and inspire medical students, epidemiologists, public health professionals, biomedical research scientists, and social scientists to go farther in their work. A wider audience would include policymakers, government officials, nurses, physicians, lawyers, economists, community outreach investigators, and interested general readers.
Keywords
- African diaspora
- African American health
- social determinants of health
- minority health
- gene-environment interaction
- racism
- epigenetics
- diet
- lifestyle
- health behavior
- health disparities
- health inequity
- cultural competence
- genetic variation
- health outcomes
- racial and ethnic disparities
- cancer disparities
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Authors and Affiliations
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Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Howard University Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Woodbridge, USA
Bernard Kwabi-Addo
About the author
Dr. Kwabi-Addo graduated from Queen Mary and Westfield College at University of London (where he received a PhD studying site-directed gene targeting in mammalian cells using the bacteriophage Cre-loxP recombination system as a tool) and University College London in England, and University of Dundee in Scotland. He trained at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in cancer biology, specifically in prostate cancer research. Dr. Kwabi-Addo has published scientific articles in journals including Nature Genetics, PNAS, Cancer Research, Prostate, and Epigenetics. His book, Cancer Causes and Controversies: Understanding Risk Reduction and Prevention, was published by Praeger in 2011. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Gertrude, a financial analyst, and their three sons, Benjamin, Joshua, and David.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land
Book Subtitle: A Role for Epigenomic and Environmental Interaction
Authors: Bernard Kwabi-Addo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55865-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55864-6Published: 21 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85766-4Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55865-3Published: 27 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epidemiology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Human Genetics, Ethnicity Studies