Handbook of Asian American Health
As a rapidly growing population, America<U+0019>s Asian community is gaining increased attention from the research and policy sectors. This large, diverse group tends to be viewed as a single entity, yet its subgroups reveal great variety in terms of health, from disease rates and mortality ra...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Section I: Ethnicity and Health.-Chapter 1 Ethnicity and Health by Fang Gong and David Takeuchi.-Chapter 2 Asian Indians by Ranjita Misra.-Chapter 3 Chinese Americans by Angela Sun.-Chapter 4 Filipino Americans by Richard Sean Magbual and Roderick Raą Daus-Magbual.-Chapter 5 Japanese Americans by Tazuko Shibusawa.-Chapter 6 Korean Americans by Grace J. Yoo and Sachiko Wood.-Chapter 7 Vietnamese Americans by Mai Nhung Le and Tu-Uyen Nguyen.-Chapter 8 South Asian Americans by Shilpa Patel and Nadia Islam.-Chapter 9 Southeast Asian American by Khatharya Um.-Chapter 10 Mixed Asian Americans by Cathy J. Tashiro.-Section II: Social Determinants of Health.-Chapter 11 Acculturation, Culture and Health by Yijie Wang and Su Yeong Kim.-Chapter 12 Racism: Mental Health and Health Consequences by Alvin N. Alvarez and Jayoung Shin.-Chapter 13 Socioeconomic Status and Health by Wei Zhang.-Section III: Critical Health Issues Facing Asian Americans.-Chapter 14 Alzheimer<U+0019>s Disease and Related Dementias by Linda A. Gerdner and Gwen Yeo.-Chapter 15 Cancer by Giang T. Nguyen.-Chapter 16 Cardiovascular Health by Ariel T. Holland and Latha P. Palaniappan.-Chapter 17 Diabetes by Ranjita Misra.-Chapter 18 Obesity by May C. Wang.-Chapter 19 Hepatitis B by Tung T. Nguyen, Vicky Taylor, Annette Maxwell, Moon S. Chen Jr., Roshan Bastani, and Susan Stewart.-Chapter 20 Severe Mental Illness by Russell F. Lim and Francis G. Liu.-Chapter 21 Violence by Deborah A. Goebert, Thao N. Le, and Jeanelle J. Sugimoto-Matsuda.-Section IV: Health Care Delivery.-Chapter 22 Health Care 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 by Isha Weerasinghe, Lixin Zhang, and Simona C. Kwon.-Chapter 25 Asian Americans and End of Life Care by Evaon Wong-Kim and Nancy J.Burke.-V: Social Movements, Health and the Asian American Community.-Chapter 26 The Chinese Hospital of San Francisco: How the Early San Francisco Chinese Mobilized to Build the Chinatown Community 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 Hep B Disease by Ted Fang and Jason Liu.