| Description |
xii, 654 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. United States Immigration: A Historical Perspective / Bill Waddell -- 2. Defining the Immigrant / Sana Loue -- 3. Acculturation / Lauren Clark and Lisa Hofsess -- 4. Medical Interpretation: An Essential Clinical Service for Non-English-Speaking Immigrants / Carey Jackson -- 5. Cross-Cultural Use of Measurements / Xinhua S. Ren and Benjamin C. Amick III -- 6. Access to Health Care / Ruth Lyn Riedel -- 7. Health Care Seeking Behavior / Kathleen Ell and Irma Castaneda -- 8. Healing Practices / Bonnie B. O'Connor -- 9. The Role of the Family and the Community in the Clinical Setting / Carol R. Horowitz -- 10. Folk Illnesses / Roberta D. Baer, Lauren Clark and Caroline Peterson -- 11. Ethical Issues in Immigrant Health Care and Clinical Research / Patricia A. Marshall, Barbara A. Koenig and Paul Grifhorst [et al.] -- 12. Refugee Health / Karen N. Olness -- 13. Border Health / Linda S. Lloyd -- 14. Migrant Health / Marie Napolitano and Bruce W. Goldberg -- 15. Health and Disease among Hispanics / Sylvia Guendelman -- 16. Asian Pacific Islander Health / Erika Takada, Judy M. Ford and Linda S. Lloyd -- 17. African Health / Marlene Faust, James C. Spilsbury and Sana Loue -- 18. Infectious Diseases / Keith B. Armitage and Robert A. Salata -- 19. Cancer / Nahida H. Gordon -- 20. Mental Illness and Immigration / Atwood D. Gaines -- 21. Occupational Injuries: A Review of Incidence and Factors Associated with Occurrence while at Work / Jess F. Kraus, Amy S. Lightstone and David L. McArthur -- 22. Reproductive Health / Lydia DeSantis -- 23. Aging / Charlotte Ikels -- 24. Substance Use among Immigrants to the United States / L. A. Rebhun -- 25. Intimate Partner Violence among Immigrants / Sana Loue and Marlene Faust -- 26. Violence and Injury among Immigrants: An Epidemiological Review / Haikang Shen and Susan B. Sorenson -- 27. Strategies for Health Education: Theoretical Models / John P. Elder, J. Xavier Apodaca and Deborah Parra-Medina [et al.] -- 28. Strategies for Health Education: Community-Based Methods / Jeanette Candelaria, Nadia Campbell and Geanne Lyons [et al.] -- 29. Immigrant Health Care Providers in the United States / James C. Spilsbury and Margaret C. Cooney -- 30. Public Health Planning and Policy Change / Ruth Lyn Riedel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medical care -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Immigrants -- Services for -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Minorities -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Attitude to Health.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Health Services.
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Transients and Migrants.
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| Author |
Loue, Sana.
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| LC no. |
98034164 |
| ISBN |
0306459590 |
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