Research Catalog

Title

Immigrant women's health : problems and solutions / Elizabeth J. Kramer, Susan L. Ivey, and Yu-Wen Ying, editors.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Kramer, Elizabeth Jane.
• Ivey, Susan L.
• Ying, Yu-Wen.

Description

xxiv, 438 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "This valuable book provides insight into the knowledge, attitudes, health beliefs, health care practices, and health care seeking behaviors of immigrant women and offers a unique perspective on the health and mental health care problems they experience.
• The contributors include many of the leading clinicians and administrators in the field of immigrant health who offer valuable information and practical strategies for providing culturally-competent, high-quality, cost-effective care to migrant women from diverse cultures.
• Health care planners, policy makers, and administrators who seek a clear understanding of the issues surrounding health services utilization by immigrants and the devastating effects of recent changes to federal policies will find this book a vital and practical reference."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Women immigrants > Health and hygiene > United States
• United States
• Women's Health
• Cultural Diversity
• Emigration and Immigration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-395) and indexes.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Background. 1. Demographics, Definitions, and Data Limitations / Elizabeth J. Kramer, Lisa C. Tracy and Susan L. Ivey. 2. Culture and Multicultural Competence / Ernesto Ferran, Lisa C. Tracy and Francesca M. Gany. 3. Linguistic Issues / Sherry Riddick. 4. Health Services Utilization and Access to Care / Susan L. Ivey. 5. Utilization of Mental Health Services / Kevin M. Chun and Phillip D. Akutsu. 6. The Impact of Recent Legislation on the Delivery of Health Care to Immigrants. Welfare and Immigration Reforms in 1996 and 1997 / Susan L. Ivey. Proposition 187: California's Anti-Immigrant Statute / Nobuko Mizoguchi -- Pt. 2. Health Problems and Concerns. 7. Screening, Infectious Diseases, and Nutritional Concerns. Initial Assessment, Screening, and Immunizations / Susan L. Ivey and Shotsy Faust. Infectious Diseases / Robin K. Avery. Nutritional Assessment and Dietary Intervention / Marion M. Lee and Shirley Huang.
• 8. Prenatal and Reproductive Health Care / Francesca M. A. Taylor, Ruby Ko and Marilyn Pan. 9. Chronic Diseases. Cardiovascular Disease / Susan L. Ivey and Gerrie Gardner. Hypertension / Dina Lieberman, Mary L. Del Monte and Eugenia L. Siegler. Diabetes Mellitus / Elizabeth J. Kramer and William B. Bateman. Breast and Cervical Cancer / Barbara A. Wismer. Osteoporosis / Eugenia L. Siegler and Elizabeth J. Kramer -- Pt. 3. Emotional, Psychosomatic, Behavioral, and Mental Health Problems. 10. Domestic and Sexual Violence. Domestic Violence / Shobha Srinivasan and Susan L. Ivey. Sexual Violence, Rape, and War / Kaila Morris Compton and Deanna Chechile. Female Genital Mutilation / Kaila Morris Compton and Deanna Chechile. 11. Depression and Anxiety Disorders / Lisa C. Tracy and Sandra Mattar. 12. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Lisa C. Tracy. 13. Somatization, Neurasthenia, and Culture-Bound Syndromes. Somatization Disorders / Cora R. Hoover.
• Neurasthenia / Pamela Yew Schwartz. Culture-Bound Syndromes / Anthony T. Ng -- Pt. 4. Meeting the Health Care Needs of Immigrant Women: Model Programs and Tools. 14. Applications of Linguistic Strategies in Health Care Settings / Sherry Riddick. 15. A Model Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Support Group for Cambodian Women / Judith Shepherd. 16. An Educational Program for Families on Intergenerational Conflict / Yu-Wen Ying. 17. The Korean Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Demonstration / Barbara A. Wismer, Arthur M. Chen and Stella Jun. 18. A Case Study of Asian Health Services / Sherry M. Hirota. 19. A Cultural Competence Curriculum / Elizabeth J. Kramer and William B. Bateman. 20. Cultural Competence Assessment of Practices, Clinics, and Health Care Facilities / Dennis P. Andrulis -- Epilogue / Elizabeth J. Kramer, Susan L. Ivey and Yu-Wen Ying.

ISBN

0787942944 (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

98040198

OCLC

• 39981342
• ocm39981342
• SCSB-3869521

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries