Health and Health Care
Contents of This Chapter:
- Chapter Reading Guide
- The Social Construction of Health
- Social Stigma and Family Health
- In Focus: Families, Health, and Stigma
- In Focus: Lung Cancer and Stigma
- Structural Power and Family Health
- In Focus: The Overlapping Demands of Work, Family, and COVID-19 Testing
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for The Social Construction of Health
- References
- Health Equity for Families
- Social Determinants of Health and Disparities
- Health by Race and Ethnicity
- Health by Socioeconomic Status
- Health by Gender and Sexual Identity
- Interrelationship of Mental and Physical Health
- Health Insurance Coverage and Legislation
- Sleep, Discrimination, and Intersectionality
- Obesity
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for Health Equity for Families
- References
- Health and Health Insurance
- The Role of Health Insurance in the United States
- Access to Health Care Coverage and Insurance
- Medicaid and Medicare
- In Focus: What if Your Spouse Was in a Devastating Car Accident?
- Who Is Left Out?
- Research and Drug Access
- In Focus: The Opioid Epidemic
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for Health and Health Insurance
- References
- Looking Ahead: Keeping Your Family Healthy
- Going Deeper
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