Umfang:
1 online resource (735 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780470425343
Serie:
New York Academy of Sciences Series v.22
Inhalt:
Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy, and Action -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- FOREWORD -- THE EDITORS -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States -- CHAPTER 1: TOWARD A CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- ISSUES CURRENTLY FACING ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH -- FOCUS ON CONTEXT: A NEW LENS TO UNDERSTAND ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- RELEVANCE OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- STRUCTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- USING ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH AS A TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TOOL -- TERMINOLOGY AND PRESENTATION OF DATA IN ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ASIAN AMERICANS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS -- MAJOR ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. PACIFIC ISLANDERS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH: Baseline Data and Funding -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- DOCUMENTING HEALTH DISPARITIES -- QUEST FOR BASELINE ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH DATA -- FUNDING FOR ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH -- THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND FUNDING -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: PERSPECTIVES: Health Across the Life Span and Special Populations -- CHAPTER 5: THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780787998295
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780787998295
Sprache:
Englisch
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