At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States, 2nd Edition

Whose health is most at risk in our country today? At Risk in America, Second Edition, offers a unique and essential source of information-substantially revised and updated-on the public health challenges facing vulnerable populations in the United States. This critical resource for public health professionals and health policy experts presents a framework for identifying and studying vulnerable populations, data on their needs, issues regarding the access, cost, and quality of their care, programs and policies developed to address their needs, and new research and policy initiatives aimed at decreasing their vulnerability. The book is unique as a single-source reference for information and evidence about these at-risk populations. "This updated and extended portrait of America's most vulnerable populations provides an extraordinary amount of important information for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and students. Aday reliably presents the challenges in reducing risk and improving health in the years ahead."--David Mechanic, director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University "As we bask in the longest economic boom in history and an unprecedented accumulation of wealth, Aday relentlessly reminds us of the dire health needs of our vulnerable populations. This new edition will be as valuable as the first was to researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and ethicists."--Mary Ruggie, professor, J. F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Lu Ann Aday has done it again. The second edition of At Risk in America will be an indispensable resource for health care providers, public health officials, and health services researchers, and it should be taken especially seriously by anyone concerned with health care policy in the United States."--Bruce C. Vladeck, professor of health policy and geriatrics, and director, Institute for Medicare Practice, Mount Sinai School of Medicine