This volume looks at the key links between social determinants, health disparities and health and health care. There is a particular focus on macro-level systems and micro-level issues, including the examination of issues for patients, carers and providers of care. Coverage includes papers on geographical and place factors and disparities, SES and race/ethnicity factors, chronic care and serious health problems such as HIV/AIDs and kidney transplantation, comparative aspects and perceptions of health disparities. Starting with an introduction that reviews the crucial sociological literature on social determinants and health disparities, papers in this volume go on to cover key themes including aging, barriers to care, ethnicity, social inequalities, the views of parents on their children"s care, and doctor/patient relationships. Table of Contents Part 1 - Introduction to Volume Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Social Determinants and Health Disparities Part 2 Geographical and Place Factors and Disparities Hewitt, Ann - Addressing Health Disparities: Understanding Place in the Role of Social Determinant Interventions Chumbler, Neale and Leach, Tamara - The Impact of Neighborhood Cohesion on Older Individuals Self-Rated Health Status Freed, Christopher; Hansberry, Shantisha T; and Arrieta, Martha I. Structural and Hidden Barriers to a Local Primary Care Health Care Infrastructure: Autonomy, Decisions about Primary Health Care and the Centrality and Significance of Power Grimm, James W; Smith, D. Clayton; Theodori, Gene L. and Luloff, AE The Effects of Residential Advantages upon Rural Residents Self-reported Physical Health and Environmental Well being Part 3 Race/Ethnicity and SES Factors and Disparities Gorman, Bridget K and Dinh, Cindy - Ethnic Group Differences in the Utilization of Preventive Medical Care Services among Foreign-Born Asian and Latino Adults in the United States Connors, Kathryn; Coonrod, Dean V., Habak, Patricia, Ayers, Stephanie; Marsiglia, Flavio - Birth Outcomes of Patients Enrolled in "Familias Sanas" Research Project Jokinen-Gordon, Hanna and Quadagno, Jill - Variations in Parents" Perceptions of their Children"s Medical Treatment: The Effect of Dissatisfaction on Preventive Care and Unmet Need Smith, Galen H. and Scheid, Teresa L - An Application of the Andersen Model of Health Utilization to the Understanding of the Role of Race Concordant Doctor/Patient Relationships in Reducing Health Disparities Part 4 Chronic Care and Serious Health Problems Wood, Anne Marie - A Generation Skipped: An exploratory study of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Services for Older Adults Tausig, Mark The Sociology of Chronic Illness and Self Care Management Kutner, Nancy G and Rebecca Zhang Social Capital, Gatekeeping and Access to Kidney Transplantation Part 5 Comparative and Political Issues Olafsdottir, Sigrun; Beckfield, Jason, and Bakhtiari, Elyas - Contextualizing Disparities: The Case for Comparative Research on Social Inequalities in Healthcare Perlstadt, Harry Political Ideology, Party Identification and Perceptions of Health Disparities