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Health communication : a multicultural perspective

Title
Health communication : a multicultural perspective / edited by Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay, with Shana Alex.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Kar, Snehendu B.
  • Alcalay, Rina
  • Alex, Shana
Description
xxi, 380 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Health > Social aspects > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Health promotion > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Medical care > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Social medicine > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Health risk communication > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Community health services > United States > Cross-cultural studies
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Community Health Services
  • Communication
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. I. Conceptual Framework. 1. Changing Health Needs: The Imperative for a Multicultural Paradigm / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex. 2. The Emergence of a New Public Health Paradigm in the United States / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex. 3. The Evolution of Health Communication in the United States / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex. 4. Multicultural Society: Facing a New Culture / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex. 5. Communicating With Multicultural Populations: A Theoretical Framework / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex -- Pt. II. Health Communication in High-Risk Multicultural Populations. 6. Childhood Unintentional Injury Prevention: Multicultural Perspectives / Deborah Glik and Angela Mickalide. 7. The Usefulness of the Health Diary: Findings From a Case Study of Six Healthy Start Sites / Karen Thiel Raykovich, James A. Wells and Clifford Binder.
  • 8. Parent-Child Communication in Drug Abuse Prevention Among Adolescents / Gauri Bhattacharya. 9. The Effectiveness of Peer Education in STD/HIV Prevention / Donald E. Morisky and Vicki J. Ebin. 10. Health Communication for HIV Risk Reduction Among Homeless Youth / Lisa A. Russell. 11. The Community as Classroom: A Health Communication Program Among Older Samoan and American Indian Women / Lene Levy-Storms, Steven P. Wallace and Fran Goldfarb / [et al.]. 12. Health Communication Campaign Design: Lessons From the California Wellness Guide Distribution Project / Robert A. Bell and Rina Alcalay -- Pt. III. Evaluation of Health Communication in Multicultural Populations. 13. Evaluation of Multicultural Health Communication / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex. 14. Lessons Learned and Implications / Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay and Shana Alex.
ISBN
  • 0803973667 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0803973675 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
00009518
OCLC
  • 44132871
  • ocm44132871
  • SCSB-4790530
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries