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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452231903321

Autore

Reichman Jill S

Titolo

Immigration, acculturation, and health [[electronic resource] ] : the Mexican diaspora / / Jill S. Reichman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-59332-225-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

The new Americans

Disciplina

362.1089/6872078956

Soggetti

Mexican American women - Health and hygiene - New Mexico - Santa Fe County

Mexican Americans - Medical care - New Mexico - Santa Fe County

Health attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.