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A Social Ecological Framework of Inmate Health: Implications for Black–White Health Disparities

Kathryn M. Nowotny

Inequality, Crime, and Health Among African American Males

ISBN: 978-1-78635-052-7, eISBN: 978-1-78635-051-0

ISSN: 0195-7449

Publication date: 14 December 2018

Abstract

The review also finds that research needs to move the discussion of the race effects in health and crime/justice disparities beyond the mere documentation of such differences toward a better understanding of their causes and effects at the level of individuals, communities, and other social ecologies.

Keywords

  • Social ecological theory
  • Prison
  • Prisoners
  • Population health
  • Race/ethnic health disparities
  • Inequality

Citation

Nowotny, K.M. (2018), "A Social Ecological Framework of Inmate Health: Implications for Black–White Health Disparities", Inequality, Crime, and Health Among African American Males (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 7-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-744920180000020002

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