Multicultural Health

Multicultural Health
Author: Lois A. Ritter
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1284021025

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Unit I: The Foundations: Introduction to multicultural health -- Theories and models related to multicultural health -- Worldview and health decisions -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Religion, rituals and health -- Communication and health promotion in diverse societies. Unit II: Specific Cultural Groups: Hispanic and Latino American populations -- American Indian and Alaskan Native populations -- African American populations -- Asian American populations -- European and Mediterranean American populations -- Nonethnic cultures. Unit III: Looking Ahead: Closing the gap: strategies for eliminating health disparities.

Multicultural Health

Multicultural Health
Author: Lois A. Ritter
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2009-07-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1449643736

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Multicultural Health serves as a comprehensive guide for healthcare workers in any cultural community. By focusing on differences in cultural beliefs about health and illness and models for cross-cultural health and communication, this text helps students and professionals learn effective ways to implement health promotion programs and program evaluation across cultures.

Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings

Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings
Author: Gary L. Kreps
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1994-04-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1452254001

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This book provides insights into the complexities of multicultural relations in health care and demystifies the many cultural influences on health and health care to achieve its ultimate goal - to help people get the most they can out of health care and facilitate the promotion of public health.

Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health

Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health
Author: Freddy A. Paniagua
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 661
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0123978122

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The Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health, Second Edition, discusses the impact of cultural, ethnic, and racial variables for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, service delivery, and development of skills for working with culturally diverse populations. Intended for the mental health practitioner, the book translates research findings into information to be applied in practice. The new edition contains more than 50% new material and includes contributions from established leaders in the field as well as voices from rising stars in the area. It recognizes diversity as extending beyond race and ethnicity to reflect characteristics or experiences related to gender, age, religion, disability, and socioeconomic status. Individuals are viewed as complex and shaped by different intersections and saliencies of multiple elements of diversity. Chapters have been wholly revised and updated, and new coverage includes indigenous approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and physical disorders; spirituality; the therapeutic needs of culturally diverse clients with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities; suicide among racial and ethnic groups; multicultural considerations for treatment of military personnel and multicultural curriculum and training. Foundations-overview of theory and models Specialized assessment in a multicultural context Assessing and treating four major culturally diverse groups in clinical settings Assessing and treating other culturally diverse groups in clinical settings Specific conditions/presenting problems in a cultural context Multicultural competence in clinical settings

Multicultural Health Translation, Interpreting and Communication

Multicultural Health Translation, Interpreting and Communication
Author: Meng Ji
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-04-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1351000373

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Multicultural Health Translation, Interpreting and Communication presents the latest research in health translation resource development and evaluation, community and professional health interpreting, and the communication of health risks to multicultural populations. Covering a variety of research topics in empirical health translation and interpreting, this advanced resource will be helpful for research students and academics of translation and interpreting studies who have an interest in health issues, particularly in multicultural and multilingual societies. This edited volume brings in interdisciplinary expertise from areas such as translation studies, community interpreting, health communication and education, nursing, medical anthropology and psychology, and will be of interest to healthcare professionals, language services in multilingual societies and researchers interested in communication between healthcare providers and users.

Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities
Author: David Satcher
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2005-10-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 007178151X

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Specific skills, answers, and guidance to clinical issues raised by management of patients of varied cultural and economic backgrounds. Covers the principles of cultural medicine, which medical schools are addressing in physical exam sessions, and specific diseases, disorders, and clinical entities that have genetic and cultural issues associated with them. Includes case studies and evidence-based recommendations and guidelines.

Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations

Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations
Author: Robert M. Huff
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1483322017

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Edited by Robert M. Huff, Michael V. Kline, and Darleen V. Peterson, the Third Edition of Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations offers both students and practitioners an indispensable resource on assessment and implementation guidelines for promoting health and enhancing behaviors that optimize health in any cultural community. Leading experts explore a wide range of topics, including the context of culture, cross-cultural perceptions of health, conceptual approaches to multicultural health promotion, health disparities, and the contributions of multicultural populations. Using the Cultural Assessment Framework (CAF), this proven handbook includes a focus on six specific populations (Hispanic/Latino, African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian American, Pacific Islanders, and Arab Americans).The text concludes with a set of tips for working cross-culturally and a discussion about where the field is heading with respect to research and practice in the 21st century.

Multicultural Health Psychology

Multicultural Health Psychology
Author: Michele K. Lewis
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Clinical health psychology
ISBN: 9780205318551

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Organized topically, this brief book looks at health psychology from a multicultural perspective, presenting theories and research findings based and focused on understudied groups. As the field of health psychology continues to stretch and grow, it becomes increasingly more crucial to acknowledge that health factors vary between different ethnic groups. Split into ten chapters that stand independently from one another, this book is a valuable tool that enlightens readers and helps them understand the importance of their own cultural background in relation to health behaviors. For psychologists or anyone working in health related fields.

Multicultural Health

Multicultural Health
Author: Lois A. Ritter
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2016-02-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1284124525

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Fully updated and expanded, the Second Edition of Multicultural Health serves as a comprehensive guide for healthcare workers in any cultural community. Focusing on differences in cultural beliefs about health and illness, and models for cross-cultural health and communication, this text helps students and professionals learn effective ways to implement health promotion programs and program evaluation across cultures.

Multicultural Gender Roles

Multicultural Gender Roles
Author: Marie L. Miville
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-04-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1118239113

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"Multicultural Gender Roles continues to advance multidimensional identity models. Each data-informed chapter introduces genuine reflections and accountings that lead to a proposed process model highlighting the complexities of negotiating gender roles, rules, and responsibilities for ethnic minority individuals." —Patricia Arredondo, President, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus "This book is a must-read for counselors and educators seeking to have a full understanding of the people they work with." —Edward A. Delgado-Romero, PhD, Professor, The University of Georgia "This extraordinary book presents vivid narratives of the challenges African American, Latina/o, Asian and Asian American women and men face in constructing their gender roles. The Multicultural Gender Role Model is groundbreaking." —Nancy Boyd-Franklin, PhD, Professor II – Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University Practical applications for mental health professionals and educators in helping clients and students understand and construct their roles within their schools, families, and communities Edited by Dr. Marie Miville—a recognized authority on multicultural issues in counseling and psychology—Multicultural Gender Roles provides mental health professionals, educators, and students entering these fields with a solid research grounding on how people of color can reframe their gender roles in today's world. Featuring personal experiences and stories based on interviews with over sixty individuals from various racial-ethnic backgrounds, Multicultural Gender Roles explores: Gender role construction among men and women of color Latino and Latina gender roles Gender roles among Asian/Asian American men and women Gender roles among African American men and women Negotiating multicultural gender roles Utilizing current theory and new research, Multicultural Gender Roles provides practical applications for mental health professionals and educators working with diverse populations.