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African American Older Adults

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Description

This module presents an overview of available information on health conditions among African American or Black older adults in the U.S. with emphasis on historical influences on their health and health care.

In this module the terms Black and African American are used interchangeably. The terms Black and African American are used to indicate persons who were born in the US as no separate data are available for Black older adults who have immigrated from other countries.

Course Director & Editor-in-Chief of the Ethnogeriatrics Curriculum & Training

VJ Periyakoil, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
periyakoil at stanford dot edu

Author

Rita Hargrave, MD
VA Martinez Outpatient Clinic
UC Davis

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following people for their contributions to this module: Sharon Gordon, PhD; Margaret Hargreaves, PhD; Janet Lieto, DO; Elyse A. Perweiler, RN, MPP; Veronica J. Scott, MD, MPH; Wilbur Watson, PhD (deceased); Mary P. Williams, EdD, PA-C; Gwen Yeo, PhD; Motisola Zulu, BA.

Copyright/Referencing Information:

Users are free to download and distribute eCampus Geriatrics modules for educational purposes only.

When using this resource please cite us as follows:

Hargrave, R, MD: Health and health care of African American Older Adults https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/african_american.html. In Periyakoil VS, eds. eCampus-Geriatrics, Stanford CA, 2010.

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African American

  • Description
  • Learning Objectives
  • Introduction & Overview
    • Population Growth and Distribution
    • Characteristics
  • Patterns of Health Risk
    • Life Expectancy
    • Mortality
    • Morbidity
    • Self-Rated Health and Functional Status

CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE

  • Fund of Knowledge
    • Health History
      • Up from slavery
      • Health and Longevity Since the Mid-19th Century
      • Significant Dates and Periods
      • Cohort Experiences
    • Health Beliefs
    • Illness Causes & Interventions
  • Assesment
    • Cultural Biases and Misdiagnoses
    • Showing Respect
    • Use of Assesment Instruments
  • Delivery of Care
    • Cardiovascular Disease
    • Stroke
    • Breast Cancer
    • Mental Health
    • End-of-life Care
  • Cancer Care

Access and Utilization

  • Disparities
    • 1. Patient-Based Factors
    • 2. Physician-Based Factors
      • Maltreatment and Segregated Training
      • Discriminatory Patterns
      • Social and Kinship Networks
      • Informal Caregiving
      • Caregiver Burden
      • Long-Term Care
    • 3. End-of-Life Care Issues
      • Palliative and Hospice Care
      • Advance Directives
      • Role of Church and Religion
  • Health Promotion
    • Improving Health Care

Learning Resources

  • Instructional Strategies
    • Projects and Assignments
    • Case Study 1: Mr. S
      • Overview and History
      • Course and Outcome
      • Cultural Issues
    • Case Study 2: Mrs. P
  • Student Evaluation
  • List of References
    • General
    • Fictive Kin
    • Breast Cancer
    • Tuskegee Study
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  • Links
  • Important Cultural Terminology
  • Glossary
  • Interview Strategies
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