Wydawnictwo | Springer, Berlin |
Data wydania | |
Liczba stron | 449 |
Forma publikacji | książka w miękkiej oprawie |
Język | angielski |
ISBN | 9781493913442 |
Kategorie | Socjologia |
Handbook of Asian American Health
Preface
Section I: Ethnicity and Health
Chapter 1 Ethnicity and Health by Fang Gong and David T. Takeuchi
Chapter 2 Critical Issues Impacting Asian Indian Americans by Ranjita Misra
Chapter 3 Chinese Americans and Health: The Impact of Culture on Disease Prevention and Management by Angela Sun
Chapter 4 The Health of Filipino/a Americans: Challenges and Opportunities for Change by Richard Sean Magbual and Roderick Rana Daus-Magbual,
Chapter 5 Japanese Americans: Current Health Issues and Directions for Future Research by Tazuko Shibusawa
Chapter 6 Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health in the Korean American Community by Grace J. Yoo and Sachiko Wood
Chapter 7 Social and Cultural Influences on the Health of the Vietnamese American Population Vietnamese Americans by Mai Nhung Le and Tu-Uyen Nguyen
Chapter 8 Emerging South Asian Americans and Health by Shilpa Patel and Nadia Islam
Chapter 9 Southeast Asian American Health: Sociohistorical and Cultural Perspectives by Khatharya Um
Chapter 10 Mixed Asian Americans and Health: Navigating Uncharted Waters by Cathy J. Tashiro
Section II: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 11 Acculturation and Culture: A Critical Factor for Asian Americans' Health by Yijie Wang and Su Yeong Kim
Chapter 12 Asian Americans and Racism: Mental Health and Health Consequences by Alvin N. Alvarez and Jayoung Shin
Chapter 13 Asian Americans, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Current Findings and Future Concerns by Wei Zhang
Section III: Critical Health Issues Facing Asian Americans
Chapter 14 Perceptions and Culturally Responsive Care of Asian Americans with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias by Linda A. Gerdner and Gwen Yeo
Chapter 15 Cancer: An Ongoing Risk for Asian American Communities by Giang T. Nguyen
Chapter 16 Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Health among Asian American subgroups: Risk Factors, Outcomes, Treatment and Prevention, and Future Research Opportunities by Ariel T. Holland and Latha P. Palaniappan
Chapter 17 Diabetes: A Growing Concern in the Asian American Community by Ranjita Misra
Chapter 18 Obesity and Asian Americans: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Future Research Directions by May C. Wang
Chapter 19 Hepatitis B and Asian Americans by Tung T. Nguyen, Vicky Taylor, Annette Maxwell, Moon S. Chen Jr., Roshan Bastani, and Susan Stewart
Chapter 20 Severe Mental Illness in Asian Americans: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder by Russell F. Lim and Francis G. Liu
Chapter 21 Asian American Violence: Scope, Context, and Implications by Deborah A. Goebert, Thao N. Le, and Jeanelle J. Sugimoto-Matsuda
Section IV: Health Care Delivery
Chapter 22 Falling through the Cracks: Models, Barriers, and the Future of Health Care Access for Asian Americans Access by Stephen Vong and Ricky Choi
Chapter 23 Quality of Health Care for Asian Americans by Dara H Sorkin, Heather Ngai, and Quyen Ngo-Metzger
Chapter 24 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Asian Americans: Is Integrative Medicine the Ticket into the US Healthcare System by Isha Weerasinghe, Lixin Zhang, and Simona C. Kwon
Chapter 25 A Passage to a Good Death: End of Life Care for Asian Americans by Evaon Wong-Kim and Nancy J. Burke
Section V: Social Movements, Health and the Asian American Community
Chapter 26 Early Chinese Immigrants Organizing for Healthcare: The Establishment of the Chinese Hospital of San Francisco: by Laureen D. Hom
Chapter 27 Lives Were Saved: The Asian American Donor Program by Jonathan Leong, Kira Donnell, and Emily Avera
Chapter 28 HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States by Don Operario, Judy Tan, and Caroline Kuo
Chapter 29 Evolution of an Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Cancer Advocacy Movement: Heroes Among Us by Susan Matsuko Shinagawa and Alan Oda
Chapter 30 The Versailles Social Movement and Implications for Asian American Environmental Health in Post- Katrina New Orleans by Maureen Lichtveld and Vy Dao
Chapter 31 The Role of Asian Americans in Ending Hepatitis B by Ted Fang and Jason Liu
About the Editors and Contributors
Index