Trinh-Shevrin / Islam / Rey Asian American Communities and Health

Context, Research, Policy, and Action
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-50565-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 736 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations

This ground-breaking textbook examines Asian American health from a public health perspective. It provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence the distribution of disease and illness in Asian American communities. The book explores the diversity within the Asian community with respect to health seeking behavior and knowledge, socioeconomic status, educational level, cultural traditions, and specific health care needs and issues. By examining the contextual factors that impact health, the book seeks to facilitate a meaningful dialogue and identify creative solutions for health disparities faced by racial and ethnic minority communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trinh-Shevrin, Chau

Islam, Nadia Shilpi

Islam, Nadia S.

Rey, Mariano Jose

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables.
Foreword (Albert K. Yee).
The Editors.
The Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
PART ONE: SETTING THE CONTEXT: ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFICISLANDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
1. Toward a Contextual Understanding of Asian American Health(Nadia Shilpi Islam, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Mariano Jose Rey).
2. Social, Cultural, and Demographic Characteristics of AsianAmericans (Winston Tseng).
3. Social, Demographic, and Cultural Characteristics of PacificIslanders (Sela V. Panapasa).
4. Asian American Health Research: Baseline Data and Funding(Chandak Ghosh).
PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES: HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN ANDSPECIAL POPULATIONS.
5. The Health of Children and Adolescents (Stella M. Yu, andAmita N. Vyas).
6. The Health of Women (Sora Park-Tanjasiri, and Tu-UyenNguyen).
7. The Health of Men (John H. Choe).
8. The Health of the Elderly (Tazuko Shibusawa, and IreneChung).
9. The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, andQuestioning People Communities (Sel J. Hwahng, and Alison J.Lin).
PART THREE: FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE INSTITUTIONAL:CRITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH DISPARITIES.
10. Complementary and Alternative Medicines (Darshan Mehta, andEllen McCarthy).
11. Language Access (Marguerite Ro, Jinny Jihyun Park, andDeeana Jang).
12. Health Insurance (Ninez Ponce).
13. Racism and Discrimination (Gilbert C. Gee, and AnnieRo).
14. Occupational and Environmental Health (Pam Tau Lee).
PART FOUR: BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR ACTION:COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH.
15. Health Interventions (Grace X. Ma, and Gem P. Daus).
16. Community-Based Participatory Research (S. Darius Tandon,and Simona C. Kwon).
17. Promoting Community-Based Participatory Research at theInstitutional Level (Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Nadia Islam, and MarianoJose Rey).
18. Evaluation (Traci Endo Inouye).
PART FIVE: COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVINGHEALTH.
19. The Workforce (Marguerite Ro).
20. Community Health Centers (Thomas Tsang, Kevin C. Lo, andJeffrey Caballero).
21. Health Policy Advocacy (Deeana Jang, and Ho Luong Tran).
PART SIX: EMERGING HEALTH ISSUES AND RESEARCHPRIORITIES.
22. Disability (Peter J. Wong, and Lois M. Takahashi).
23. Oral Health (Kavita P. Ahluwalia).
24. Gambling Addiction (Timothy W. Fong).
25. Genetic Testing and Profiling (Joon-Ho Yu).
Afterword: The Reciprocity of Time.
David T. Takeuchi, Margie Kagawa Singer.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH, is the director of the New YorkUniversity (NYU) Center for the Study of Asian American Health andassistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine.
Nadia Shilpi Islam, PhD, is the deputy director of researchwithin the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at the NewYork University.
Mariano Jose Rey, MD, is the director of the New York UniversityInstitute for Community Health and Research and senior associatedean for Community Affairs at the NYU School of Medicine.