Population Health in America
By Robert A. Hummer and Erin R. Hamilton
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Inviting students to delve into population health trends and disparities, demographers Robert Hummer and Erin Hamilton provide an easily understandable historical and contemporary portrait of U.S. population health. Perfect for courses such as population health, medical or health sociology, social epidemiology, health disparities, demography, and others, as well as for academic researchers and lay persons interested in better understanding the overall health of the country, Population Health in America also challenges students, academics, and the public to understand current health policy priorities and to ask whether considerably different directions are needed.
Robert A. Hummer
Robert A. Hummer, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, received his Ph.D. from Florida State University. Prior to joining the University of Texas, he served as Assistant Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Louisiana Population Data Center, Louisiana State University, and East Carolina University. His main research interests lie in the area of mortality differentials, health behavior and outcomes, race/ethnicity, socio-economic factors, and health, and population change.
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