Overcoming Katrina tells the stories of 27 New Orleanians as they fought to survive Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Their oral histories offer first-hand experiences: three days on a roof with Navy veteran Leonard Smith; at the convention center with waitress Eleanor Thornton; and with Willie Pitford, an elevator man, as he rescued 150 people in New Orleans East. Overcoming approaches the question of why New Orleans matters, from perspectives of the individuals who lived, loved, worked, and celebrated life and death there prior to being scattered across the country by Hurricane Katrina....

Cardiovascular heart disease mortality in African Americans is the highest of all major racial/ethnic populations in the US. Examining race & ethnicity, this volume will reveal that there are unacceptable healthcare disparities in risk factor prevalance, disease states, & cardiovascular outcomes.