Immigration, acculturation, and health [[electronic resource] ] : the Mexican diaspora / / Jill S. Reichman
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Reichman Jill S
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| Titolo: |
Immigration, acculturation, and health [[electronic resource] ] : the Mexican diaspora / / Jill S. Reichman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1089/6872078956 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mexican American women - Health and hygiene - New Mexico - Santa Fe County |
| Mexican Americans - Medical care - New Mexico - Santa Fe County | |
| Health attitudes | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Immigration, acculturation, and health |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-225-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452231903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)