Title Health communication : a multicultural perspective / edited by Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay, with Shana Alex

Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 380 pages) Contents Conceptual framework. Changing health needs: the imperative for a milticultural paradigm -- The emergence of the new public health paradigm in the United States -- The evolution of health communication in the United States -- A multicultural society: facing a new culture -- Communicating with multicultural populations: a theoretical framework. Health communication in high-risk multicultural populations. Childhood unintentional injury prevention: multicultural perspectives -- The usefulness of the Health Diary: findings from a case study of six Healthy Start sites -- Parent-child communication in drug abuse prevention among adolescents -- The effectiveness of peer education in STD/HIV prevention -- Health communication for HIV risk reduction among homeless youth -- The community as classroom: a health communication program among older Samoan and American Indian women -- Health communication campaign design: lessons from the California Wellness Guide Distribution Project. Evaluation of health communication in multicultural populations. Evaluation of multicultural health communication -- Lessons learned and implications Summary Examines the role of health communication within the context of health promotion and disease prevention, with special reference to public health intervention in multicultural communities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Communication in public health -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Health promotion -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Medical care -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Social medicine -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Community health services -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Health promotion. Cross-cultural studies. Cultural pluralism. Health planning. Health -- Social aspects -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Health risk communication -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies Intercultural communication -- United States Health Promotion Community Health Services Cross-Cultural Comparison Cultural Diversity Health Behavior -- ethnology Health Planning HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. Intercultural communication Health -- Social aspects Health risk communication Cultural pluralism Cross-cultural studies Community health services Health planning Medical care Social medicine Gesundheitsförderung Ethnische Identität Communication in public health Aufsatzsammlung Gesundheitsverhalten Health promotion Gezondheidsvoorlichting en -opvoeding. Interculturele communicatie. Communication studies. Public health & preventive medicine. Popular medicine & health. Media Studies. United States USA Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book Author Kar, Snehendu B Alcalay, Rina Alex, Shana LC no. 00009518 ISBN 9781452221359 1452221359 9781452220628 145222062X

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